Shari Hyman is leaving the Battery Park City Authority for a post with Westfield. Credit: JasonSmith.com.

NEW YORK CITY—Shari Hyman, the president and chief operating officer of the Battery Park City Authority here, announced on Friday that she will be leaving her post at the end of this month.

Battery Park City Authority chairman Dennis Mehiel and Hyman released statements concerning her imminent departure from the authority. Hyman, a former assistant district attorney with the Manhattan District Attorney's office, was named president and COO of the public benefit corporation Battery Park City Authority in January 2014.

While the Battery Park City Authority did not release any details surrounding her departure, Hyman is reportedly leaving the BPCA to head Westfield's retail operations at the World Trade Center and Fulton Center. She has been appointed vice president of the World Trade Center Property Group, according to a report in The Tribeca Trib.

Immediately prior to her appointment at BPCA, Hyman served as commissioner and chair of the New York City Business Integrity Commission under Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg from 2011 to 2014. Between 2006 and 2011, she served in a number of positions in the Bloomberg Administration including chief of staff to the deputy mayor for operations, senior counsel and director of business acceleration where she focused on streamlining city operations to help small businesses. Hyman also served as first deputy criminal justice coordinator in New York City's Office of the Criminal Justice Coordinator as well as director of the mayor's Office of Special Enforcement.

BPCA chairman Mehiel praised Hyman's tenure at the authority, noting in his statement her work on free, high-quality community programming and a number significant capital projects that were completed on-time and on-budget. He also cited her role in securing Battery Park City's AAA bond rating and reduced overall budget. “The Battery Park City Authority and its Board will forever be grateful for the considerable talent, professionalism, and competency Shari brought to bear in service to the public. We wish her only the best, secure in the knowledge that she will bring the same professionalism, sense of urgency, and extraordinary leadership skills to her future endeavors,” he stated.

While saying her impending departure is “bittersweet, Hyman stated, “I know that Battery Park City is a place like no other: a magnificent place to live, to work, to raise a family; a place set apart from the downtown crowds, yet perfectly integrated with lower Manhattan; a place that is well-managed, fiscally sound, financially prudent; and a place firmly positioned to meet the coming challenges of climate change with coordination and expertise.”

Battery Park, established in 1968, encompasses 92 acres on the Lower West Side, encompasses 7.2 million square feet of housing, 10 million square feet of commercial space and houses approximately 13,500 residents.

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