Mayor Mamdani Appoints Dr. Ayesha Delany-Brumsey as Commissioner of Office of Community Safety
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani announced today the appointment of Dr. Ayesha Delany-Brumsey, a longtime public health and criminal justice leader, as Commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Community Safety (OCS). She will report to Deputy Mayor for Community Safety Renita Francois.
Dr. Delany-Brumsey currently serves as Senior Advisor and Director of Community-Based Services in the Office of Behavioral Health at New York City Health + Hospitals. She brings more than a decade of experience in public health, mental health care and criminal justice reform, and holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from UCLA. She previously served as Chief Strategic Growth Officer at Fountain House, a nonprofit dedicated to improving health and well-being for people with serious mental illnesses, and as Director of Behavioral Health Research and Programming at the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice.