After five years in office, New York’s first nightlife mayor announced she was stepping down this April. After The New York Office of Nightlife was created in 2017, Ariel Palitz was hired a year later. The office’s purpose is to serve as a liaison between New York’s nightlife community and the city.
In the five years, Palitz initiated the programs Mediating Establishment and Neighborhood Disputes (MEND) and Nightlife Industry Training and Education (NITE). Ariel hopes her successor will continue NITE and MEND programs she started. She worked tirelessly through the pandemic and had a huge role in trying to destigmatize…
