Mayor Eric Adams bids adieu to nightlife mayor Ariel Palitz

This city’s not large enough for 2 Nightlife Mayors. And Eric Adams is formally the one get together pasha left for now.

Ariel Palitz, the founding director of New York’s Office of Nightlife, a.okay.a., “The Nightlife Mayor” had her last get together within the place on Sunday night time at Lower East Side scorching spot Mr. Purple, and Hizzoner was there to bid her farewell. (Adams, in fact, has gained a popularity for being one thing of a “Nightlife Mayor” himself as a result of he appears to be on the scene each night time).

The bash kicked off on Hotel Indigo rooftop bar at 8 p.m., with Mayor Adams arriving at round 11. He gave a speech praising Palitz for a job nicely accomplished.

“People don’t come right here as a result of they need to fall asleep at night time… She understood it. She navigated us by COVID. Can you think about?” he mentioned.

Palitz then bought on the mic and thanked Adams for having religion in her, and warranted the gang that “nightlife was in good fingers with Mayor Adams.” (You can say that once more.)

Melba’s restaurant proprietor Melba Wilson, Chapel Bar’s Baizy Keflay, Boulton & Watt and Mister Paradise proprietor Darin Rubell, 90s Club Kid and designer Richie Rich, rap legend Kurtis Blow, Richie Romero, Chris Reda, Tony Montana, Someday Bar proprietor Megan Rickerson and Purple’s supervisor Aleksey Kernes had been a couple of of Palitz’s buddies in nightlife and hospitality who got here out for her bon voyage bash.

Nightlife mayors from cities like Philadelphia, Washington D.C., San Francisco, Austin, Orlando, Pittsburgh and even Bogota, Colombia, had been additionally on the scene.

Rich and Melba had been of their component, dancing to DJ J Period and SONI withanEYE spinning tunes by Prince and Vanity 6’s “Nasty Girl.”

Palitz has held the position of nightlife mayor since former Mayor Bill de Blasio’s created the place in 2018. She introduced again in February that she was stepping down “after 5 years, by two administrations, and a pandemic.”

“Leading the Office of Nightlife is actually the best job in metropolis authorities, and in the event you love and know this trade and imagine you’ll be able to assist make it even higher, then I problem you to reply the decision similar to I did,” she mentioned, encouraging potential replacements to use for the gig.

Rich has already thrown his hat within the ring. He informed Page Six final month, “I’ve been getting ready for this chance my complete life.”

“I’ve seen the evolution of nightlife through the years, and I might love the possibility to serve my metropolis in a giant manner and make it go increase!” he mentioned.