Jacques Jiha

Jacques Jiha
Director New York City Mayor's Office of Management and Budget
Incumbent
Assumed office
November 1, 2020[1]
Appointed byBill de Blasio
MayorBill De Blasio
Eric Adams
Preceded byMelanie Hartzog[2]
Personal details
Born
Jacques Jiha

(1958-04-04) April 4, 1958 (age 66)
Residence(s)Queens, New York, U.S.
EducationFordham University (BA)
The New School for Social Research (PhD)[1]

Jacques Jiha is the Director of the New York City Mayor's Office of Management and Budget. In this role, he oversees New York City’s fiscal policy, including the development of the Expense and Capital Budgets, the City’s bond and borrowing program, and the budgets of more than 90 City agencies and related entities. Previously, he served as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Finance, a position he has held in the administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio.[3]

Jiha’s public service includes stints with the Ways and Means Committee of the New York State Assembly as the principal economist and executive director of the New York State Legislative Tax Study Commission.[4] He worked as Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at the multimedia company Earl G. Graves Ltd./Black Enterprise.[5]

  1. ^ a b "Mayor de Blasio Appoints Heads Of Department Of Finance, Department Of Design And Construction, Mayor's Office Of Contract Services, And Brooklyn Navy Yard" (Press release). New York City Office of the Mayor. April 8, 2014. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
  2. ^ Hawkins, Andrew J. (April 7, 2014). "City's finance commissioner resigns". New York Daily News. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference immigrants was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Campbell, Colin (8 April 2014). "Bill de Blasio Names New Department of Finance Commissioner". The New York Observer.
  5. ^ "Jacques Jiha - Black Enterprise". Archived from the original on 2014-07-18. Retrieved 2014-07-30.