Dean Fuleihan (born January 27, 1951) is an American civil servant, who served as
First Deputy Mayor of the
City of New York
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from 2018 to 2021.
Previously, he served as the budget director of the
New York City Mayor's Office of Management and Budget
The New York City Mayor's Office of Management and Budget (OMB), formerly New York City Office of Management and Budget, is the New York City government's chief financial agency, organized as part of the New York City Mayor's office. OMB staff, ...
,
and the
New York State Assembly chief fiscal and policy advisor for over 30 years, and as a vice president at
SUNY College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering.
Early life and education
Fuleihan earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in
economics
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Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics analyzes ...
from
Alfred University and studied
public finance
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at the
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at
Syracuse University.
Career
Fuleihan began his career as a policy analyst in the
New York State Assembly in 1978.
He worked as a budget analyst and rose to become long-time Speaker
Sheldon Silver
Sheldon Silver (February 13, 1944 – January 24, 2022) was an American Democratic Party politician, attorney, and convicted felon from New York City who served as speaker of the New York State Assembly from 1994 to 2015. A native of Manhattan' ...
's "budget guru",
in charge of negotiating New York State's $130 billion budget.
Fuleihan retired from the Assembly in 2011 and joined the
SUNY Poly College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering as an executive vice president.
hired Fuleihan after his victory in the
2013 mayoral election. His first main task as the Budget Director for the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) was negotiating labor contracts that previous mayor,
Michael Bloomberg, had left expire for years. Under de Blasio and Fuleihan, the budget of New York City has grown from $72 billion to $85 billion.
In late November, 2017,
First Deputy Mayor Anthony Shorris announced he would step down from his post, and de Blasio offered the job to Fuleihan, who accepted the role as First Deputy Mayor effective January, 2018.
Fuleihan was replaced as Budget Director at OMB by Melanie Hartzog.
Personal life
Fuleihan is of
Lebanese descent.
References
External links
New York City Mayor's Office of Management and Budget
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American people of Lebanese descent
New York (state) Democrats
Alfred University alumni
Living people
21st-century American politicians
20th-century American politicians
American civil servants
Deputy mayors of New York City
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs alumni
1951 births