{"id":134120,"date":"2026-03-24T22:04:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T01:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tech.einnews.com\/article\/901551915"},"modified":"2026-03-24T22:04:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T01:04:32","slug":"new-york-city-adds-a-senior-tech-innovation-adviser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/2026\/03\/24\/new-york-city-adds-a-senior-tech-innovation-adviser\/","title":{"rendered":"New York City Adds a Senior Tech, Innovation Adviser"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img data-opt-id=1439296974  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/erepublic.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/b64e240\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/6016x2924+0+731\/resize\/1440x700!\/quality\/90\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ferepublic-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fe6%2F9d%2Fc0b7c0144c9c97c94eb6553d0f70%2Fadobestock-245415937.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p> The new Zohran Mamdani administration continues to fill out New York City\u2019s technology ranks, and has named Rashida Richardson as a senior adviser for technology and innovation.<\/p>\n<p>Richardson formerly served as senior counsel for privacy and data protection in artificial intelligence at Mastercard, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rashidarichardson\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">according to her LinkedIn profile<\/a>, which also lists her as a senior AI policy expert at the Institute for Experiential AI at Northeastern University.<\/p>\n<p>In her new role, she\u2019ll support the city\u2019s data management office and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Lisa Gelobter, a City Hall official said, confirming Richardson\u2019s hiring. Gelobter, who joined the administration <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.govtech.com\/workforce\/tech-and-gif-pioneer-lisa-gelobter-takes-over-as-nycs-cto\" target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">last month<\/a>, is arguably its highest-profile technology hire to date.<\/p>\n<p><span data-bsp-pv=\"4f8e492c-6f2f-390e-bc61-f176d3a37ab9\"><\/span><span data-bsp-pv=\"0000019d-2122-dfbd-adfd-7df674990000\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\"> <\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/acceptable.html\"> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; New York City\u00e2\u0080\u0099s <span class=\"match\">technology<\/span> ranks, and has named &#8230; as a senior adviser for <span class=\"match\">technology<\/span> and innovation. Richardson formerly &#8230; management office and Chief <span class=\"match\">Technology<\/span> Officer (CTO) Lisa Gelobter, a &#8230; arguably its highest-profile <span class=\"match\">technology<\/span> hire to date. Her &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134120\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}