New York, New York - New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani has announced two new city commissioners for international affairs and immigrant affairs.
Ana María Archila will serve as New York City's chief liaison to the United Nations and the US State Department as commissioner of international affairs.
Born in Colombia, Archila has been co-director of the New York Working Families Party since 2023. Before that, she served as co-executive director of the Center for Popular Democracy and co-executive director of Make the Road New York. She unsuccessfully ran for lieutenant governor of New York alongside gubernatorial candidate Jumaane Williams in 2022.
"New York City has always belonged to the world – a city that immigrants helped build and one strengthened by our many languages and stories. I’m proud to welcome Ana María Archila into this administration to build on that legacy," Mamdani said in a statement.
Faiza Ali has been selected to lead the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs.
Ali has more than a decade of experience at the New York City Council, most recently as first deputy chief of staff to former Speaker Adrienne Adams. Before that, she was the advocacy and civic engagement director for the Arab American Association of New York and co-founder of the Muslim Democratic Club of New York, among other roles.
Mamdani said, "I am proud to appoint Faiza Ali as the next Commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs. As the daughter of Pakistani immigrants, Faiza understands firsthand the promise and the precarity that define the immigrant experience in New York."
Mamdani vows to protect immigrant New Yorkers
The appointments come as the Trump administration wages a wide-ranging, violent assault on immigrant communities around the nation.
"At a time when immigrant New Yorkers face escalating attacks and uncertainty, this administration will not equivocate," Mamdani vowed.
"We will defend our neighbors. We will expand access to services. And we will ensure that New York City remains a place where immigrants are not merely welcomed in words, but protected in policy, supported in practice, and able to live and work with the dignity they deserve," the mayor added.