This Week in the New York City Government: October 25, 2024

Mayor Adams

• Mayor Adams Awards Key to the City of New York to Women’s National Basketball Association Champions, New York Liberty, at Ceremony Following Ticker Tape Parade
• Mayor Adams Announces Finalized E-Bike Trade-In Program to Keep New Yorkers Safe from Lithium-Ion Battery Fires
• Mayor Adams Celebrates Julie Coker’s Unaminous Vote as President and CEO of NYC Tourism + Conventions
• Mayor Adams Announces Ticker Tape Parade, City Hall, Other City Buildings to Be Lit in Seafoam to Celebrate New York Liberty’s WNBA Championship
• Mayor Adams Announces Yankees, Mets, Liberty Home Playoffs Games Have Already Generated Nearly $200 Million in Economic Activity for New York City
• Mayor Adams Breaks Ground on Major Renovation of Queens Public Library’s Hollis Library

City Council

• NYC Council Announces New York City Culture Week in Celebration of NYC’s Vibrant Arts and Culture Sector
• New York City Council Votes to Establish Licensing Program for NYC Hotels to Promote Health and Safety
• NYC Council Helps Nearly 150 New Yorkers Across the City with Free Estate Planning Resources to Protect Their Assets
• NYC Council Speaker Adams to Introduce Legislation Initiating Charter Revision Commission to Renew Confidence in City Government, Improve Governance and Transparency
• Speaker Adrienne Adams Delivers Opening Remarks at Council’s Public Meeting on City of Yes Zoning for Housing Opportunity Proposal

Comptroller Lander

• NEW AUDIT: NYC Comptroller Lander Finds DOF Improperly Granted $6.5+ Million in Co-op/Condo Tax Abatements Since 2019
• NYC Comptroller Lander Proposes Excluding Future Private Markets Investments in Midstream and Downstream Fossil Fuel Infrastructure by the New York City Retirement Systems
• Statement by NYC Comptroller Lander in Support of City of Yes
• NYC Comptroller’s Office Co-Sponsors, Marches in 2024 Disability Pride NYC Parade