{"id":96,"date":"2023-11-15T22:27:42","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T22:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/table-of-success.local\/?p=96"},"modified":"2023-12-18T13:23:03","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T13:23:03","slug":"fabien-levy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tableofsuccess.mysites.io\/fabien-levy\/","title":{"rendered":"Fabien Levy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide\">Levy has risen in influence as his colleagues in the City Hall press shop have departed, and the deputy mayor runs interference for the mayor in his dealings with the press.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator alignwide has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Formerly<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Director of Communications, then-New York Congressmember Kathy Hochul<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Director of Communications, California State Treasurer&#8217;s Office<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Press Secretary and Senior Adviser, the New York Attorney General Letitia James<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>City Hall Press Secretary<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Currently<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Deputy Mayor for Communications<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-layout-1 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>At 40 years old, Fabien Levy was promoted from spokesperson to deputy mayor for communications, with an annual salary of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/08\/14\/nyregion\/adams-fabien-levy-deputy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$251,900<\/a>. What kind of top-notch communicating are taxpayers getting for their money?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, there&#8217;s the time in November that Eric Adams mysteriously blew off his scheduled meetings with White House officials (where he planned to plead the City&#8217;s case on migrant funding) and rushed back to the city, and then news broke of an FBI raid on the home of his chief campaign fundraiser, Brianna Suggs, and everyone wanted to know just<strong> <\/strong>what on earth was going on. Levy&#8217;s press shop rose to the occasion, telling <a href=\"https:\/\/hellgatenyc.com\/what-just-happened-nyc-mayor-eric-adams-raid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">anyone<\/a> who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/11\/02\/nyregion\/eric-adams-brianna-suggs-fbi-raid.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">inquired<\/a> that\u2014and this is a direct quote\u2014&#8221;the mayor returned to New York City to address a matter.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The next day, Levy communicated that the mayor was <a href=\"https:\/\/hellgatenyc.com\/swagger-mayor-suddenly-shy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">canceling the press conference<\/a> that would have been reporters&#8217; first chance to ask him about the aforementioned FBI raid, explaining that the mayor couldn&#8217;t talk to reporters because the Mayor&#8217;s Office is closed on Election Day, which was weird because the previous Election Day\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/office-of-the-mayor\/news\/819-22\/transcript-mayor-eric-adams-speaks-reporters-after-voting-the-2022-general-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the mayor spoke with reporters<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or there&#8217;s the time Hell Gate challenged Levy to point to any evidence at all underlying the mayor&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/politics\/new-york-elections-government\/ny-mayor-adams-da-alvin-bragg-eviction-illegal-weed-stores-20230207-l3nsnidwjbejjpoozbcplral5m-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">repeated<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/video\/events\/mayor-eric-adams-on-new-york-city-future\/83B76105-717D-43EE-A0E0-5DEDEE445528.html\">claim<\/a> that New York City children are being sold marijuana laced with fentanyl. If this was a real thing (<a href=\"https:\/\/hellgatenyc.com\/eric-adams-fentanyl-laced-cannabis-children\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a medical expert assured us it is not<\/a>) affecting New Yorkers, we wanted to know more. What specific incidents was the mayor talking about? Levy dug deep, and came back to us with two hyperlinks: one to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.live5news.com\/2022\/10\/20\/police-warn-laced-marijuana-after-drug-overdoses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">South Carolina local news report<\/a> reblogging a Facebook post, and the other to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/article\/california-dad-arrested-after-girl-2-overdoses-on-fentanyl\/42290490\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">single-sourced local news story<\/a> from Merced, California, repeating police claims based on an unreliable field test.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was also the time in September when a severe storm <a href=\"https:\/\/hellgatenyc.com\/scenes-from-new-yorks-climate-apocalypse-flooding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">washed out city streets<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/hellgatenyc.com\/flooded-basement-apartment-nyc-nowhere-else-to-go\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">flooded basements<\/a>, and the mayor did not appear until <a href=\"https:\/\/hellgatenyc.com\/adams-press-conference-floods-nyc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">five hours after the rain started<\/a> to tell New Yorkers they should &#8220;be prepared for this moment.&#8221; Adams&#8217;s disaster response got <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/09\/29\/nyc-even-gov-hochul-left-in-the-lurch-by-adams-during-torrential-rain\/?utm_campaign=nypost&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">failing grades<\/a> from his haters, but Levy <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Fabien_Levy\/status\/1707758206359863633\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">punched back<\/a>, noting that the Mayor&#8217;s Press Office had forwarded a press release from NYC Emergency Management at 11:08 the night before.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/tableofsuccess.mysites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/FabienLevy2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1284\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tableofsuccess.mysites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/FabienLevy2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/tableofsuccess.mysites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/FabienLevy2-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/tableofsuccess.mysites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/FabienLevy2-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/tableofsuccess.mysites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/FabienLevy2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Levy at the announcement of his promotion with the mayor. (Michael Appleton\/Mayoral Photography Office)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Levy&#8217;s passion for the life of a political comms soldier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/fabienlevy\/details\/experience\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">began early<\/a>. He&#8217;s communicated on behalf of government officials and candidates for 20 years, flacking for the Los Angeles Mayor&#8217;s Office, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Sen. Barbara Boxer, then-Congressmember Kathy Hochul, former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton (in 2008 and 2016, both), and New York Attorney Letitia James, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Charged with developing a communications strategy for Adams, Levy&#8217;s main approach has, perhaps even more than an average flack, centered on minimizing his boss&#8217;s exposure to people who might ask him hard questions. Under Levy, reporters can only pick the topic of their questions to the mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2023\/10\/02\/mayor-adams-to-limit-questions-from-reporters-holding-weekly-off-topic-briefings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">for one hour, once per week<\/a>. And City Hall has spun up its own in-house state media operation, with a weekly email newsletter and a podcast\u2014excuse me: a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0i9i5ES5JzJDkImyRNTv0p?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_name=&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Get Stuff Done-Cast<\/a>&#8220;\u2014spearheaded by Levy&#8217;s former boss, <a href=\"https:\/\/tableofsuccess.hellgatenyc.com\/max-young\/\">Maxwell Young<\/a>.<strong> <\/strong>Adams has also broken with the previous administration&#8217;s tradition of regular mayoral sit-downs with capable, probing journalists like Brian Lehrer and Errol Louis, instead favoring interviewers who ask hard-hitting questions like &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/office-of-the-mayor\/news\/886-23\/transcript-mayor-adams-appears-telemundo-47\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What would you like someone to give you for Christmas<\/a>?,&#8221; &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/office-of-the-mayor\/news\/533-23\/transcript-mayor-adams-calls-live-caribbean-power-jam-s-the-reset-show-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">We have nothing but love and respect for you<\/a>,&#8221; and &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/office-of-the-mayor\/news\/889-23\/transcript-mayor-adams-joins-77-wabc-s-cats-cosby-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">We&#8217;re going to support you for eight years as mayor<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Levy did not respond to a request for comment for this entry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taxpayers\u2014just to repeat this one more time\u2014are paying Levy $251,900 a year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator alignwide has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Still hungry?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/fabienlevy\/details\/experience\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/office-of-the-mayor\/news\/031-22\/mayor-adams-additional-members-city-hall-press-team\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">City Hall 1\/18\/22 Press Release<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/08\/14\/nyregion\/adams-fabien-levy-deputy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mayor Adams Pays $250,000 to Tell New York He\u2019s \u2018Doing a Damn Good Job\u2019<\/a> | The New York Times<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Last updated: 12\/18\/2023<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Levy has risen in influence as his colleagues in the City Hall press shop have departed, and the deputy mayor runs interference for the mayor in his dealings with the press. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":225,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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