{"id":531668,"date":"2026-01-21T07:21:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T07:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/531668\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T07:21:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T07:21:19","slug":"nycem-commissioner-zach-iscol-submits-resignation-effective-feb-11-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/531668\/","title":{"rendered":"NYCEM Commissioner Zach Iscol submits resignation effective Feb. 11"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York City Emergency Management Commissioner Zach Iscol, a holdover from former Mayor Eric Adams\u2019 Administration<\/a>, has submitted his resignation, The Post has confirmed.<\/p>\n

Iscol\u2019s resignation will be effective on Feb. 11, giving Mayor Zohran Mamdani less than a month to seek a replacement for the non-profit executive-turned-politician.<\/p>\n

New York City Emergency Management Commissioner Zach Iscol has submitted his resignation effective Feb. 11. Stephen Yang for the NY Post<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has been an extraordinary honor to serve the people of New York City as Commissioner of Emergency Management and to work alongside such remarkable public servants,\u201d Iscol said in a statement. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m leaving knowing the agency is in exceptionally strong hands. Four years ago, we carried nearly 60 vacancies and were still recovering from the pandemic. Today, all executive leadership positions are filled, retention is at its highest, and the team is better prepared to meet the evolving threats facing our city,\u201d Iscol added. <\/p>\n

\u201cFrom extreme weather to the migrant crisis to launching planning for the 2026 FIFA World Cup\u2014this team has managed roughly 700 emergency responses annually while deepening partnerships to better serve our most vulnerable New Yorkers.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is simply nothing this team cannot and will not do for the people of New York City,\u201d he said, thanking Mamdani and his team for their \u201cpartnership\u201d during the transition. <\/p>\n

Adams tapped Iscol, the scion of a telephone fortune, as the new head of the Big Apple\u2019s emergency management division in 2022. <\/p>\n

The agency is responsible for coordinating citywide emergency planning and response, including during natural disasters and severe weather events.<\/p>\n

Adams tapped Iscol, the scion of a telephone fortune, as the new head of the Big Apple\u2019s emergency management division in 2022. Brigitte Stelzer<\/p>\n

Mamdani announced before taking office that\u00a0he would keep Iscol and Interim Sanitation Commissioner Javier Lojan on his team<\/a>\u00a0through the winter months to continue providing key services to New Yorkers.<\/p>\n

Iscol is the son of Ken Iscol \u2014\u00a0who made a fortune as a cellphone pioneer\u00a0<\/a>\u2014 and Jill Iscol, a longtime advisor to former Secretary of State and former US Senator Hillary Clinton.<\/p>\n

He served in the US Marines as an officer for six years, including fighting during the Second Battle of Fallujah in the Iraq War. After returning home, Iscol established a nonprofit for veterans struggling with their mental health.<\/p>\n

Mamdani announced before taking office that\u00a0he would keep Iscol and Interim Sanitation Commissioner Javier Lojan on his team\u00a0through the winter months. Christopher Sadowski<\/p>\n

Iscol first entered politics during the 2021 Democratic primary, when he launched a mayoral bid against Adams. He later abandoned the bid and switched to the comptroller\u2019s race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York City Emergency Management Commissioner Zach Iscol, a holdover from former Mayor Eric Adams\u2019 Administration, has submitted…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":531669,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,13239,5248,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,58381,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969,5301],"class_list":["post-531668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-america","tag-city-hall","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-resignations","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-us-news","tag-usa","tag-zohran-mamdani"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115931885293050630","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=531668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/531669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=531668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=531668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=531668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}