"I support the Council in their effort to increase oversight, transparency, and accountability by strengthening their role in providing advice and consent.
"This is not about blocking specific appointees or adding bureaucratic processes, but about ensuring a dialogue happens between the people elected to lead our city about the people appointed to run it.
"Our city is currently the outlier here – not only on federal and state levels, but in many municipalities, legislative approval of executive appointees is already the standard. If anything, adding additional leadership positions to this list, including police commissioner and education chancellor, those charged with the protection of our most vulnerable New Yorkers, would be valuable.
"New York has among the strongest mayoralties in the country, and we have seen the problems that system presents across many administrations. A genuine balance of power between the legislative and executive branches will improve government for all New Yorkers."
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