This Week in the New York City Government: February 21, 2025
Mayor Adams
- Mayor Adams Announces Bold New Vision for Coney Island, Including 1,500 New Units of Mixed-Income Housing, New Investment in Public Realm and Community Amenities
- Mayor Adams Announces Multi-Agency Operation to Address Urgent Public Safety and Quality-of-Life Concerns Along Melrose Avenue in Bronx, AKA “The HUB”
- Mayor Adams, DCLA Commissioner Cumbo Award Nearly $60 Million to Over 1,000 Nonprofits Through Cultural Development Fund, Largest Fund Investment in City History
- Mayor Adams Announces Closure of Six More Emergency Asylum Seeker Sites, end of Tent-Based Sheltering Sites With Closure of Creedmoor Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center
- Mayor Adams, Chancellor Aviles-Ramos Announce Increased Outreach Efforts to Support Families in Accessing Early Childhood Education Opportunities, Reach Tentative Agreement to Sustain Operations of 5 Community-Based Early Childhood Education Centers
- Mayor Adams, DEP, HPD, and Parks Announce Next Steps on Development That Will Provide Hundreds of Critically-Needed Affordable Housing Units, Develop State-of-the-Art Recreation Center
City Council
Comptroller Lander
- Statement: Comptroller Lander Responds to Governor Hochul’s Proposed Guardrails on Mayor Adams
- Statement from NYC Comptroller Lander on President Trump’s Termination of Congestion Pricing
- NYC Comptroller Lander Announces the Appointment of Valerie Red-Horse Mohl as Deputy Chief Investment Officer for Responsible Investing for the Bureau of Asset Management
- NYC Comptroller Lander Sends Letter to Mayor Adams Demanding a City Contingency Plan Following the News of Deputy Mayor Resignations
- Statement: Pressure from NYC Comptroller Lander Leads to Adams Administration’s Reversal on Recouping FEMA Funds
- NYC Comptroller’s Annual Report Finds That City Contracting with Minority/Women-Owned Business Enterprises Continues to Falter Under Adams Administration
- Statement from NYC Comptroller Lander Demanding Legal Action by the Law Department in Response to the Seizure of FEMA Funds
- New Audit: 81-Out of-113 Buildings Await Co-Op Conversion under Affordable Neighborhood Co-op Program by Dept of Housing Preservation and Development
