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Updated · Hell Gate · Jul 22

Anthony Shorris Quotes David Graeber at City Hall as Lina Khan Takes EDC Board Role

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Updated · Hell Gate · Jul 22

Anthony Shorris Quotes David Graeber at City Hall as Lina Khan Takes EDC Board Role

1 articles · Updated · Hell Gate · Jul 22

Anthony Shorris used his first City Hall appearance as New York City Economic Development Corporation president to quote David Graeber, calling for the city to “start right now” remaking how it works.
Wednesday’s rotunda event paired Shorris with Mayor Zohran Mamdani, new EDC board chair Lina Khan and Deputy Mayor Julie Su, underscoring a leadership reset at the quasi-public development agency.
The appearance was framed as a stronger signal of change at EDC than Khan’s earlier appointment, because Shorris is a veteran of the Koch, Bloomberg and de Blasio administrations and most recently worked at McKinsey.
EDC sits at the center of New York’s growth strategy and has long faced criticism for steering millions of public dollars toward private gain, making the new team’s rhetoric politically significant.

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