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Leadership

James S. Oddo
Commissioner

James 'Jimmy' S. Oddo serves as the Commissioner of the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB), where he leads the City’s efforts to regulate and promote safety at approximately 40,000 active construction sites and 1.1 million buildings. A dedicated public servant with more than two decades of elected, legal, and academic experience, Commissioner Oddo has made collaborating across government entities to achieve quality of life enhancements for NYC residents a hallmark of his career.

Immediately prior to taking the helm at DOB, Commissioner Oddo served as the Chief of Staff for the Deputy Mayor of Operations’ Office, where he helped oversee the City's infrastructure agencies, including DOB, the Department of Environmental Protection, the School Construction Authority, and the Department of Design and Construction.

A longstanding public servant who has earned a reputation for overcoming hyper-partisanship in elected positions, from 2014 to 2022 Commissioner Oddo served as Staten Island Borough President, where he drove initiatives focused on public safety, education, health, land use, and transportation, among other areas. Previously, he also represented parts of Staten Island and Brooklyn in the New York City Council between 1999 to 2013, including serving as the Council’s minority leader beginning in 2002.

Commissioner Oddo received a Juris Doctor from New York Law School and a bachelor’s degree in history from Fordham University.

Personnel

Kazimir Vilenchik, PE First Deputy Commissioner	Leena Panchwagh Deputy Commissioner IT Operations	Guillermo X. Patino, Esq. Deputy Commissioner Policy & Legal Affairs	Laura Popa, Esq. Deputy Commissioner Sustainability

Mark Sanabria Deputy Commissioner Administration	Yegal Shamash, PE Deputy Commissioner Enforcement	Constadino 'Gus' Sirakis, PE Deputy Commissioner Development & Technical Affairs	Cheryl Leon Associate Commissioner Borough Operations

Mona Seghal, Esq. Associate Commissioner General Counsel	Joseph Ackroyd, PE Assistant Commissioner Technical Affairs & Code Development	Salvatore Agostino Assistant Commissioner Tenant Protection	Juan Arias Assistant Commissioner Construction Safety

Reynaldo Cabrera, Esq. Assistant Commissioner Investigations & Compliance	Jill Hrubecky, PE Assistant Commissioner Engineering Services	Renaldo Hylton Assistant Commissioner Enforcement Inspections	Jamell Isidor, Esq. Assistant Commissioner Administrative Policy & Enforcement

Tarek Khalil Assistant Commissioner Central Inspections	Frank McCarton Assistant Commissioner Emergency Services	Dorecia Phillip, Esq. Assistant Commissioner Regulatory Affairs & Policy Development	Ferron Pinnock Assistant Commissioner Development Inspections

Gina Ugarte Assistant Commissioner Financial Management	Keith L. Wen, RA Assistant Commissioner Code & Zoning Interpretation	Richard Whint Assistant Commissioner Inspection Quality Assurance	Lisa Atkinson Equal Employment Officer