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Kwame Amoaku, former director of the Chicago Film Office, is the new deputy commissioner for film at the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment, where he’ll be principal advisor on production. A push by Mayor Eric Adams to accelerate the industry’s recovery, and surpass pre-pandemic levels, also includes creating a council of local industry insiders, and assigning a film liaison at every city agency.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorNew York City’s Steiner Studios will build out a new 500,000-square-foot film and television production hub in Sunset Park, Brooklyn with eight soundstages, the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment announced Thursday.With $320 million in private investment, the project, at a former port complex called Bush Terminal, will create thousands of jobs, the city said, and “advance diversity and equity in the media and entertainment industry” through targeted programs.Steiner, which operates the extensive Brooklyn Navy Yard production campus Steiner Studios, said it expects to support 2,200 jobs upon project completion, including set builders, electricians, scenic artists, grips, propmasters, set dressers, hair