This Week in the New York City Government: December 1, 2023

Mayor Adams

• Mayor Adams Announces NYC Receives $7.5 Million In Federal Funding To Electrify Governors Island Ferry
• Mayor Adams Celebrates Win For Delivery Workers, Court Allows Nation’s First Minimum Pay Rate For App-Based Restaurant Delivery Workers
• Mayor Adams Launches new Effort to Make Thousands of NYC Intersections Safer, Part of Broad new Street Safety Initiative
• Mayor Adams Announces More Than Half of Hardest-to-Reach New Yorkers Have Moved From Street Into Care One Year After Severe Mental Illness Plan Launches
• Mayor Adams Unveils Plan To Make NYC First East Coast City To Transition City’s Heavy-duty Fleet Vehicles To Renewable Fuel
• As City Continues to Manage National Migrant Crisis, Mayor Adams Expands Immigration Application Assistance Centers, Convenes Resettlement Working Group
• Mayor Adams Unveils Plan for First-Ever Community Vending Area at Corona Plaza
• Mayor Adams Cracks Down on Landlords of Illegal Smoke Shops
• Mayor Adams, Governor Hochul Announce Initial $95 Million in Emergency Rental Assistance for NYCHA Residents
• Mayor Adams Appoints Jeffrey Garcia as Office of Nightlife Executive Director, Signs Bills to Bolster Nightlife Industry
• Mayor Adams, Governor Hochul Release Details for First-of-its-Kind Job and Education Hub for Growing Health Sector

City Council

• Statement from Speaker Adams on Comptroller Brad Lander’s Report on the City’s Use of Emergency Procurement and Contracts
• Statement from Speaker Adrienne Adams and Council Member Shaun Abreu on Height and Weight Anti-Discrimination Law Going into Effect
• Statement from a New York City Council Spokesperson on the New York Court of Appeals’ Ruling on Chokehold Ban Law
• Joint Statement from Speaker Adrienne Adams and Finance Chair Justin Brannan on the Mayor’s November Plan

Comptroller Lander

• Testimony of Comptroller Brad Lander to the City Council Committee on Public Housing Oversight – The Infrastructure of Resident Safety at NYCHA
• Comptroller Lander Releases Deep-Dive Report on City’s Use of Emergency Procurement
• Testimony of the Comptroller’s Senior Policy Analyst & Strategic Organizer Lara Lai to the City Council Education and Immigration Committees
• NYC Comptroller Lander and Pension Trustees Join Global Labor Rights Investor Network
• NYC Comptroller Lander to Tesla Board: Musk Support of Antisemitism Invites Far Reaching Reputational Damage
• NYC and NYS Comptrollers Lander & DiNapoli Call on eBay to Reaffirm Commitment to Workers Rights After Removal of Critical Language in Human Rights Policy
• DASHBOARD UPDATE: NYC Comptroller Releases New Monthly Data on Department of Correction Operations
• New York City Comptroller Brad Lander and Pension Trustees Announce Critical Changes to and Expansion of Emerging Manager Program
• Statement by New York City Comptroller Brad Lander on FY 2024 Modified Budget