Anne Williams-Isom
Anne Williams-Isom
Anne Williams-Isom is an American government official, academic, lawyer and former nonprofit executive who served as New York City deputy mayor for health and human services from January 2022 to March 2025. She also served as acting first deputy mayor of New York City from the departure of former first deputy mayor Sheena Wright in the morning on October 8, 2024 until the appointment of Maria Torr
"When we think about income inequality, when we think about what the future looks like for our communities, [troubled schools are] no longer just an isolated problem. It’s a problem that we as Americans have to face, and if we don’t, we’re going to have a workforce that’s poorer and less prepared."
"Be joyful warriors and constant justice seekers."
"Radical empathy is not about you and what you think about a situation that you have never been in and probably never will be. It is a kindred connection from a place of deep knowing that opens your spirit to the pain of another as they perceive it."
"What’s the ‘one thing’ you do for your child? Children need everything, not one thing."
"The best thing for a child is for parents (to) be consistent and have what they need. This is like the total opposite of that, in some ways. Because the kids are 100% traumatized. Parents don’t know and have no consistency."
