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18 DECEMBER 24, 2021

new York CitY maYor’s offiCe

eric adams packs his transition team

with indian-americans in important

committees and positions

OuR BuREAu transition team would be: public health, wellness,
and lifestyle.
New York, NY
As a member of the team, Mattoo hopes to
ew York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams has see that one of the city’s core values will become
published the names of the members of his health and wellness of mind, body, and spirit as the
Nvarious mayoral transition committees. It’s shift will have a ripple effect impacting many other
a big list of people working on 20 different commit- areas such as public safety, education, food inse-
tees, including education, economic and workforce curity, environment and so much more. As May-
development and public safety & justice. or-elect Adams has openly shared his compelling
In a big indication that Indian-Americans will journey with chronic health issues that nearly left
have major influence inside and outside of Adams’ him blind but through a diet and lifestyle overhaul
City Hall, the number of prominent members of he turned his diagnosis around. His passion to ed-
the community have been named to various com- ucate, inform, and address the city’s health is in-
mittees and senior advisory positions. Here is a spired and directed by his own transformation and
look at some of the most important persons named that will guide him and his team to a healthier and
into the transition team and the roles they are ex- happier NYC.
pected to play:

Preeti mattoo rHonda s. Binda
Preeti Mattoo has been named into the Health Rhonda S. Binda has been named into two
committee of the transition team comprising an in- important committees – Legal and Information
Technology – of the transition team. Raised in
spiring and diverse group who are all change mak- Southeast Queens, Binda has a passion for social
ers with the shared mission to rebuild and fortify and environmental justice. In her youth, Rhonda
NYC. With her background in public health as successfully lobbied the New York City Council
well as an entrepreneur of her own wellness brand, for New York Public Interest Group (NYPIRG)
Mattoo could develop and offer a program for an to shut down Fresh Kills, the largest toxic site in
integrative approach to health in NYC and to find the country.
ways to give the city and all those who work so As an attorney, she represented and released
hard to make it tick access to holistic health and wrongly detained clients before the US Immigra-
wellness. For her, the three top focus areas in the
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