Mayor Zohran Mamdani selected Erin Dalton, a public official in the Pittsburgh area, to head New York City’s Department of Social Services.

The new head of the New York City Department of Social Services, hired by Mayor Zohran Mamdani, will lean on her prior experience with addressing homeless encampments in the Pittsburgh area. Erin ...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani is turning to an administrator from outside the five boroughs to lead New York City’s sprawling social services agency amid near record-high homelessness, a deep shortage of ...

Dalton, who previously led the Allegheny County Department of Human Services in Pittsburgh, will start in her role as ...

Department commissioner will be Erin Dalton, who conducted outreach in Pennsylvania among unhoused communities ...

City Council is considering an ordinance that would make “urban camping” illegal. The proposed ordinance mirrors an ordinance ...

The City of Altoona is continuing its efforts to combat homelessness, with city council now considering an ordinance that ...

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani appointed Erin Dalton, DHS director since 2021, as social services director. The post Allegheny County DHS leader to leave for NYC job appeared first on Pittsburgh's ...

Erin Dalton was appointed commissioner of the NYC Department of Social Services.

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