The Closing: Alicia Glen

Deputy mayor on growing up in a Woody Allen movie and being politically correct

Alicia Glen
Alicia Glen

From the September issue: As deputy mayor for economic development, Alicia Glen oversees more than 40 city agencies and authorities. The former Goldman Sachs executive is tasked with executing the de Blasio administration’s goal of creating or preserving 200,000 affordable housing units by 2025 — a goal that reached a major milestone in July, when the city announced that it had already hit 20,000 units at a cost of $618 million. [more]

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