"Mayoral appointees" refers to individuals who are chosen and selected by the mayor to hold specific positions or roles within the government or administration of a city. Full definition
Knight will join six other mayoral appointees on the City Planning Commission, as well as one appointee from each borough president, and one appointee by the public advocate. (gothamgazette.com)
If the controversial school closings it has rubberstamped for the mayor wasn't enough to convince New Yorkers that the Panel for Educational Policy, dominated by mayoral appointees, is broken beyond repair, then perhaps its most recent move, approving a $ 120 million contract with Verizon, will be. (uft.org)
Sen. Velmanette Montgomery (D - Brooklyn) and Assemblyman Keith Wright (D - Manhattan) had introduced separate bills aimed at reducing the number of mayoral appointees to the Board of Education and letting the board, rather than the mayor, hire the city's schools chancellor. (nypost.com)