Fatima Shama Appointed Commissioner of Immigrant Affairs

Bronx native Fatima Shama was appointed Wednesday by Mayor Michael Bloomberg to serve as the city’s new Commissioner of Immigrant Affairs.
Shama speaks five languages and most recently served under Deputy Mayor Dennis Walcott as a senior education policy adviser.
Before joining the Bloomberg Administration, Shama was the head of several non-profit groups fighting for immigrant rights.
“She [...]