If confirmed, Avula will become the first-ever immigrant and Asian mayor of Richmond, as well as the first non-Black mayor in over 20 years. The last white mayor was Senator Tim Kaine, who was ...

The median salary for a city employee is around $66,000. Richmond’s median household income is around $59,000. While the mayor is the symbolic head of the city, the role does not come with the ...

Richmond’s Economic Development Authority was scheduled Monday night to approve the appointment. Welch takes the job on an interim basis, said Gianni Snidle, a spokesperson for the mayor’s office.

Ingrid Lewis-Martin, chief adviser and close confidante to Mayor Eric Adams, stepped down from her post on Sunday. Lewis-Martin told NY1 she retired. Her departure takes effect immediately.