Deputy Mayor Stephen Goldsmith is stepping down, the Bloomberg administration announced today in a press release.

The former mayor of Indianapolis was brought on as a star hire at the start of Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s third term. A former professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, he was charged with increasing governmental efficiency. But he was derailed by complaints from public sector union and especially by last winter’s snow storm, a debacle which fell under Goldsmith’s portfolio.

He will be replaced by environmental commissioner Cas Holloway. Read More