Mayor Mamdani Appoints Chief Equity Officer, Commissioner of the Office of Equity & Racial Justice
January 16, 2026
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as posted by the channelMayor Mamdani Appoints Afua Atta-Mensah as Chief Equity Officer and Commissioner of The Mayor's Office of Equity and Racial Justice
Atta-Mensah is a nationally recognized strategist and organizer for racial justice
As Chief Equity Officer, Atta-Mensah will lead work to create and publish the Racial Equity Plan within first 100 days
NEW YORK, NY -- Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the appointment of nationally recognized organizer and racial justice strategist Afua Atta-Mensah as Chief Equity Officer and Commissioner of the Mayor's Office of Equity & Racial Justice (MOERJ). In this role, Atta-Mensah will coordinate the administration’s work advancing racial equity across City agencies, including creating and publishing the Preliminary Citywide Racial Equity Plan within the administration’s first 100 days in office. This commitment to the Racial Equity Plan, which the Adams administration failed to publish on schedule, marks a new era in New York City’s pursuit of racial justice under the Mamdani administration.
Atta-Mensah has previously held roles including Chief of Programs at Community Change, Executive Director of Community Voices Heard, and Director of Litigation and Policy at the Urban Justice Center. In these positions and others across New York and internationally, she has fought to build social power for working people, including defending racial justice initiatives and fair and equitable housing.
Mayor Mamdani also committed to create and publish the Preliminary Racial Equity Plan within the administration’s first 100 days in office. New Yorkers will then be able to comment on the Preliminary Plan before the Final Plan is published later this year. New York City voters supported the creation of a Racial Equity Plan by a wide margin in 2022, but the previous administration did not meet the timeline established in the City Charter to release it. In prioritizing the publication of the Racial Equity Plan, the Mamdani administration is reiterating its commitment to a more equitable and just New York City.
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