Eric Adams’ communications office: Where are they now?

In a bureaucracy as vast and busy as the administration of New York City Mayor Eric Adams, keeping tabs on the comings and goings of City Hall’s many employees can get unwieldy. Though City & State maintains a tracker of some of the most powerful appointees in City Hall – which is well worth a bookmark, by the way – other exits from the Adams administration sometimes fall through the cracks of the City Record.

But lest we forget some of the more recognizable faces in the administration who have gone on to noteworthy new posts, here’s a look at where a few of the former members of the mayor’s communications and press office are now. As it turns out, managing communications for the mayor of New York City can lead to some high-profile gigs.

Charles Lutvak – The mayor’s first deputy press secretary will soon depart for a job working for President Joe Biden, a.k.a. “the Eric Adams of Wilmington, Delaware.” Lutvak was hired as a national spokesperson for the president’s reelection campaign, The Hill reported this week. Lutvak has been kept busy since former City Hall press secretary Fabien Levy was promoted to deputy mayor of communications last year, and despite moving to a somewhat less bustling city, he’ll still be staying busy in the middle of it all on Team Biden-Harris.

Jonah Allon – Adams’ former deputy press secretary entered the City Hall gig with more experience working with the mayor than some of his colleagues, having previously served as press secretary to Adams when he was Brooklyn borough president. Allon exited the administration last fall to join the team at consultant Neal Kwatra’s Metropolitan Public Strategies.

Maxwell Young – Adams’ former communications director departed City Hall last summer to lead executive, digital and policy communications at Pfizer. An alum of U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s office, Young hasn’t fully abandoned the mayor’s ship, telling Hell Gate last year, “When I left City Hall I said I would do whatever the campaign needed to help Mayor Adams get re-elected, and I feel that just as strongly now.” But Young clarified to the outlet that he won’t have an official role on the reelection campaign.

Anthony Hogrebe – In his roles as deputy communications director and senior advisor for strategic communications to Mayor Adams, Anthony Hogrebe wasn’t as public-facing as some of his former City Hall colleagues. Still, his work managed to catch enough attention in Albany to be poached by Adams’ partner in government, Gov. Kathy Hochul. Hogrebe left last summer to serve as the governor’s new communications director.