POP Style TV interviewed Ariel Palitz the first Senior Executive Director of the Office of Nightlife at the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment. What are challenges NYC faces after a difficult year affected by pandemic? What are steps city is planning to take to bring NYC back on track? This Office recognizes the nightlife community's contributions to NYC's energy and creative spirit and to its image worldwide as the "city that never sleeps." Palitz comes to the role with deep experience in both nightlife and community building. She owned and operated Sutra, a nightclub on the Lower East Side, for ten years; served on Community Board 3 for over six years and spent the past three years before her current appointment helping entrepreneurs open nightlife establishments in NYC. for more visit https://www1.nyc.gov/site/mome/nightl... Interview by Tijana Ibrahimovic Edited by Ashley Newquist Video cover photo: Mayor Bill de Blasio delivers remarks and sign an executive order establishing the Center for Conflict Resolution within the NYC Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH) at Moonrise Izakaya restaurant in Manhattan on Thursday, February 18, 2021. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office.