Opportunity NYC
Opportunity NYC was an experimental Conditional Cash Transfer program (CCT) by the Mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg. Announced in April 2007, it was the first CCT program to be launched in the United States or any other developed nation. Its initial phases were funded by a number of private partners including The Rockefeller Foundation, Robin Hood Foundation, the Open Society Institute, Starr Foundation, AIG, and Mayor Bloomberg's own Bloomberg Family Foundation. The program is being evaluated by MDRC, a nonprofit research firm, using a random assignment research design. Opportunity NYC is administered by Seedco, a nonprofit community development organization. The program ended on August 31, 2010.
New York City Department of Environmental Protection
The current commissioner Vincent Sapienza was appointed by Mayor Bill de Blasio in October 2017. Sapienza served as Acting Commissioner for 16 months after previous Commissioner Emily Lloyd stepped down in June 2016. Emily Lloyd was appointed by Mayor Bill de Blasio for the second time as Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection in February 2014. Other former Commissioners include: Frank McArdle (1978–81), Joe McGough (1982-86), Harvey Schultz (1986–89), Albert Appleton (1990-93), Marilyn Gelber (1994–96), Joel Miele (1996-2002), Christopher Ward (2002–04), Caswell F. Holloway (2009-2011) and Carter H. Strickland, Jr. (2011-2014). Commissioners serve at the will of the Mayor of New York City.