Mayor de Blasio, at Steiner Studios, anoints new film czar Cynthia López
Mayor Bill de Blasio trekked to Brooklyn’s “Hollywood on the East River” – Steiner Studios — on Friday to announce his appointment of documentary filmmaker and “POV” co-executive producer Cynthia López as commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre & Broadcasting.
The Mayor made the announcement following a tour of Steiner, the largest and most sophisticated studio complex on the East Coast, with First Lady Chirlane McCray.
López will replace departed film czar Katherine Oliver, who was appointed by former Mayor Michael Bloomberg.