Dean Fuleihan

Dean Fuleihan
Fuleihan in 2025
First Deputy Mayor of New York City
Assumed office
January 1, 2026
MayorZohran Mamdani
Preceded byRandy Mastro
In office
January 1, 2018 – December 31, 2021
MayorBill de Blasio
Preceded byAnthony Shorris
Succeeded byLorraine Grillo
Director of the New York City Mayor's Office of Management and Budget
In office
January 1, 2014 – December 31, 2017
Appointed byBill de Blasio
Preceded byMark Page
Succeeded byMelanie Hartzog
Personal details
Born (1951-01-27) January 27, 1951
PartyDemocratic
Alma materAlfred University (BA)
Syracuse University

Dean Fuleihan (/fʊl.əˈhæn/, fuul-ə-HAN; born January 27, 1951) is an American government official, who has served as the First Deputy Mayor of New York City since 2026 under Mayor Zohran Mamdani, having served in the same role from 2018 to 2021 during the second term of Mayor Bill de Blasio. Previously, he served as the director of the New York City Mayor's Office of Management and Budget during de Blasio's first term, the New York State Assembly chief fiscal and policy advisor for over 30 years, and as an executive vice president at SUNY College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering.