New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani appointed Tricia Shimamura as the city’s new parks commissioner on Saturday.
Shimamura most recently served as the City Department of Parks and Recreation’s Manhattan borough commissioner, Mamdani said at a news conference at High Bridge Park in the Bronx.
“In that role, she oversaw all aspects of park services across that borough, developing a deep expertise in everything from budgeting to horticulture,” the mayor said…