[Jiangsu News reporter Guan Liming reported on January 19th in New York] Mayor Adams announced the appointment of two new team members on the 19th - Dan Garodnick is the chairman of the New York City Urban Planning Commission and the director of the Urban Planning Bureau, and Edith Hsu-Chen, former director of the Manhattan Branch of the Urban Planning Bureau, serves as executive director of the Planning Bureau. Chen Yiwen is also the first director-level Chinese director announced by Adams so far. Garodnick previously served as director of the Riverside Park Conservation Commission in the West Side of Manhattan and was a former city council member for the Fourth District.
In the appointment statement, Adams said that Garodnick and Chen Yiwen will jointly oversee and implement the mayor's development agenda, promote inclusive and equitable growth in the five New York boroughs, and put New York on a path of strong recovery from the new crown epidemic. Both will report to Maria Torres-Springer, deputy mayor for economic and labor affairs.
Adams said, "Dan Garodnick and Edith Hsu-Chen is a very talented civil servant who has a good track record of advocating for labor rights. I am proud that they have joined our team and look forward to working with them to create an economic system that suits all New Yorkers. "I am honored to join Mayor Adams and plan a more sustainable, resilient and equitable future for New York City at this critical moment. Together, we will work with the community to promote inclusive growth, while we welcome innovation and create substantial economic opportunities in the five boroughs. "
Chen Yiwen said, "I am very honored to be appointed as the Executive Director of the Urban Planning Bureau. I have spent my entire career with the Planning Bureau - a community of outstanding professionals and the public, and everyone takes it as their mission to help build the brightest future of New York City. I am also excited to work with the incoming Chairman of the Planning Committee Garodnick, and thank him and Deputy Mayor Torres-Springer and Mayor Adams for their trust in me."
Chen Yiwen immigrated to the United States with her parents when she was a child. He studied at the Department of Environmental Design at the University of Pennsylvania and then obtained a master's degree in urban planning from Harvard School of Architecture in 1997. After graduation, he joined the New York City Bureau of Urban Planning and has served as the director of the Manhattan Branch since 2008.
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