In the final hours of the Adams administration, the incoming mayor was handed a win.  One of Mayor Eric Adams’ new appointees to the Rent Guidelines Board, Lliam Finn, decided against serving, leaving a vacancy for Zohran Mamdani to fill, The Real Deal was first to report.  Before leaving office, Adams tried to replace him with Christie Peale, head of the Center for New York City Neighborhoods, a nonprofit focused on affordable homeownership. Though Peale appeared briefly on the board’s website over the weekend, she also turned down the role.  “It was an honor to be selected to serve in […]

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