“Meera Joshi’s sense of justice was evident in everything the TLC did to protect drivers from financial predators,” said New York Taxi Workers Alliance Organizer Bhairavi Desai. ”She’s tough, she’s fair, and she truly understands that drivers are the heart of the taxi industry.”

Daughter of Indian immigrant parents from Pune, Joshi previously served as the First Deputy Executive Director of the New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) and Inspector General at the Correctional Services Unit at the New York City Department of Investigation Joshi received her BA and JD from the University of Pennsylvania.

Announcing Agarwal’s appointment, de Blasio noted: “She is the daughter of Indian immigrants who came to this country seeking a better life. ”This is a family with a true passion for social justice. She grew up hearing stories of her grandfather’s role in the non-violent struggle for Indian independence, led by Mahatma Gandhi,” he said.

“So it’s fair to say that Nisha had extraordinary inspiration from early in her life. And she carried it through.” An alumnus of Harvard and Oxford universities, Agarwal, “most recently played a leading role in establishing the Immigrant Justice Corps, a new non-profit that recruits recent law school graduates and partners them with non-profit legal services providers to offer legal representation to undocumented immigrants,” the Mayor noted.
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