This Week in the New York City Government: April 18, 2025
Mayor Adams
- Mayor Adams Signs Historic Legislation to ‘Get Sheds Down,’ Remove Unsightly Scaffolding Across Five Boroughs
- Mayor Adams Makes Historic $167 Million Long-Term Commitment to Fund Critical Early Childhood Education Programming
- Mayor Adams Marks Citywide Day of Mourning One Week After Jet Set Nightclub Tragedy by Announcing City Hall to Be Lit in Dominican Colors Tonight
- Mayor Adams, OLR Commissioner Campion Announce Tentative Contract Agreement with Sergeants Benevolent Association
City Council
- In Honor of Black Maternal Health Week, Speaker Adams, Council Leaders, Advocates, and Healthcare Workers Continue Call for Sustained Action to End Maternal Mortality
- Speaker Adrienne Adams, Council Member Keith Powers, and Council Member Erik Bottcher Respond to Scaffolding Sheds Reform Legislation Being Signed into Law
- NYC Council Releases New Report Outlining Challenges for Nonprofits to Receive On-Time City Contract Payments and Legislation to Reduce Delays, Scheduled for April 30 Hearing
- Statement from Speaker Adrienne Adams in Support of New York State Attorney General Letitia James in the Face of Intimidation Tactics by the Trump Administration
- NYC Council Outlines Solutions City Must Advance to Close Rikers Island, Following Report by Commission Led by Former Chief Judge Lippman
- Joint Statement from Speaker Adrienne Adams, Finance Chair Justin Brannan, and Education Chair Rita Joseph on Mayoral Administration’s Early Childhood Education Funding Announcement
- New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, Finance Committee Chair Justin Brannan, and Governmental Operations Committee Chair Lincoln Restler Release Plan to Help Trump Proof New York City
- New York City Council Files Lawsuit to Stop Mayor Adams’ Illegal Executive Order Inviting President Trump’s ICE into Rikers to Set Up Office, Seeking Court’s Immediate Halt of Activity
