Maria Torres-Springer

Maria Torres-Springer (born January 24, 1977) is an American government official and former nonprofit executive who was the First Deputy Mayor of New York City from October 8, 2024 to February 17, 2025.

Torres-Springer was born in Los Angeles, California, to parents from the Philippines: her father Manny from Pampanga and her mother Elsa from Batangas.

[9] In February 2019, she stepped down from the department of housing preservation in what real-estate magazine The Real Deal called part of "the latest in a wave of top officials leaving the de Blasio administration.

[13][14] In December 2021, New York City mayor-elect Eric Adams named her the incoming deputy mayor for economic and workforce development.

[8][10] In December 2023, it was reported that Torres-Springer was influential in fast-tracking FDNY inspection of 50 Hudson Yards - owned by political donor Related Companies - ahead of several schools, apartments, and other buildings.