Barrios-Paoli will spearhead de Blasio Administration efforts to
expand community health care, reduce homelessness and protect the social
safety net for vulnerable New Yorkers
Mayor-Elect Bill de Blasio today announced his appointment of Lilliam Barrios-Paoli as
Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services. Barrios-Paoli will oversee
City agencies that the Mayor-Elect has charged with moving New Yorkers
from homelessness to stable housing, expanding community health clinics
and cutting red tape in social services.
Barrios-Paoli
is an experienced leader known for innovating big ideas. She has
managed five City agencies under three mayors, where she spearheaded
major reforms like the opening of 10 innovative senior centers –
including those servicing the visually-impaired and LGBT populations.
She also brings a deep background in working with New York’s nonprofit
community, which will play a critical role in delivering on the incoming
administration’s agenda.
“Lilliam
has dedicated her career to protecting the most vulnerable New Yorkers.
No one understands better than she the consequences of this Tale of Two
Cities we are living. To lift families out of poverty and to sustain
vital services, we need real leaders who can put bold ideas into
practice. That’s what Lilliam is going to deliver,” said Mayor-Elect Bill de Blasio.
“We’re
facing a crisis of inequality in this city. Working families live in
ever-deeper insecurity. The old safety net, from community hospitals to
housing aid, is coming apart. It’s time for big ideas and bold policies
that pull together City government, our charities and our vital
community nonprofits into a new effort that lifts families up and
sustains our communities in every borough,” said incoming Deputy Mayor Lilliam Barrios-Paoli.
