New York City Mayor Eric Adams named the founder of the members-only club Zero Bond that he frequents as his representative to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a position usually given to big name philanthropists and politicians.
Adams appointed Scott Sartiano, 47, to the position in February, making the club founder the mayor's liaison to the Met board as he delivers messages between the museum and City Hall, Politico Pro reported.
Sartiano, who operates the Zero Bond nightclub that Adams held his election night victory and was spotted at last week with supermodel Naomi Campbell and singer Jon Batiste, appeared as a surprise pick given he has no government experience unlike his predecessors.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams appointed Scott Sartiano, founder of the members-only club Zero Bond, as his representative to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Sartiano (in the back) is pictured with (L-R) Adams, supermodel Naomi Campbell and Grammy award-winning singer Jon Batiste on April 28 as the mayor frequents the nightclub
The club is where Adams held his election night victory party where he rubbed shoulders with Kamal Hotchandani (left) and Robert Petrosyan (right). Pictured in the back are Sartiano (left) and Adams' PR guru Ronn Torossian. Eric's son, Jordan Coleman is to his right
Adams also held campaign events at the club. Pictured, Adams and Scott on September 11. Unlike previous mayor reps to the Met, Scott does not have years of government experience
Ken Sunshine, founder of the Sunshine Sachs public relations firm that represented Leonardo DiCaprio and Ben Affleck, served as the liaison for former Mayor Bill de Blasio. Sunshine had also served as chief of staff in 1990 for then-mayor David Dinkins, as well as an advisor to former Governor Andrew Cuomo.
Before Sunshine was Republican heavyweight Gail Hilson, who served as the liaison for Michael Bloomberg and had co-led the Women's Coalition for Giuliani in 1989 to help then-mayoral candidate Rudolph Giuliani.
While the previous appointees had built up years of work with NYC mayors, Sartiano's only mayoral connection is Adams, who had also named the club owner as member of his transition team following his victory
