Throughout the next 6 years, West was promoted to bureau chief and helped turn the city's HIV / AIDS effort into a widely admired program that has received accolades from
formerly vocal critics, including DC Appleseed.
Even the mayor's most
vocal critics, including City Comptroller John Liu, praised the city's change in command, which included the replacement of former Deputy Mayor Stephen Goldsmith with the hands - on Caswell Holloway, who
formerly served as Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection.