Peter Madonia

Mike's first deputy mayor, Marc Shaw, has resigned. Shaw and former chief-of-staff, Peter Madonia, as Ben previously noted, were the technocrats of City Hall, helping to transition Bloomberg LP into public office.

The mayor's statement:

"For the last four years, New Yorkers have reaped the benefits of the dedication and talent of Marc Shaw. As First Deputy Mayor, Marc was the shrewd and steady hand that helped guide New York through its worst fiscal crisis in a generation. And as we tackled the rebuilding of our City after the terrorist attacks of September 11th, Marc's vast experience was critical to stabilizing New York City's government.

"Many of the administration's successes bear his fingerprints, foremost among them, achieving control of New York's Schools. His wise counsel and strategic advice have been invaluable in all aspects of government as we safely endured blackouts and transit strikes. As Marc moves on to new challenges, I wish him and his family the best. He has served our City and State for over 25 years with honor and distinction, and all New Yorkers will miss this great public servant."

—Nicole Brydson

A bit more on the changes in senior staff at City Hall, where a source tells The Politicker that the departing chief-of-staff, Peter Madonia, won't be replaced. Instead, Ed Skyler and Patti Harris will split the chief's responsibilities, with key agency heads, like Ray Kelly, reporting directly to the Mayor.

The bottom line here is that Mike is dispensing with a layer of technocrats who ran the mechanics government while the Mayor and his people learned their way around, veterans of city government like Madonia and first Deputy Mayor Marc Shaw. The core of the new cabinet -- Deputy Mayors Harris, Sheekey, and Skyler -- is composed of people who worked for Bloomberg LP, and who will be likely to follow the Mayor back to the private sector (if not into the presidential campaign of Sheekey's dreams).  read more »

So this will probably be a much more personal term than the last one, in the sense that Rudy Giuliani's mayoralty was intensely personal. (Mike, who has no organized opposition, is in that way more powerful than Rudy.) Now he's losing a buffer of permanent bureaucrats, a change that comes with an upside (more control) and a downside (more excess).

In any case, it'll be all Mike.