This Week in the New York City Government: October 26, 2023
Mayor Adams
- Mayor Adams Announces City Has Won More Than $4 Million from Lawsuits Against One of NYC’s Worst Landlords
- Mayor Adams Announces More Than 100 Car-Free ‘Trick-or-Streets’ Locations for Halloween
- Mayor Adams Appoints Sideya Sherman as Chief Equity Officer and Commissioner of New Office of Equity & Racial Justice, Linda Tigani as Chair and Executive Director of Commission on Racial Equity
- Mayor Adams Celebrates Milestone of 5,000 New Nurses Trained by Citywide Nurse Residency Program
- Mayor Adams Launches NYC’s First-Ever Juvenile Justice Advisory Board
- Mayor Adams, NYCEDC, Partners, Community Leaders Break Ground on First-of-Its-Kind Film and TV Studio Campus in Manhattan
- Mayor Adams Applauds Governor Hochul’s Signing Bills to Tackle City’s Affordable Housing Crisis
- Mayor Adams Expands Remote Work Pilot for New York City Employees
- Mayor Adams Signs Bill Paving Way for Electrification of All City Government Vehicles
City Council
- Statement from NYC Council Speaker Adrienne Adams on the Appointment of the Chief Equity Officer and Commissioner of Office of Equity and Racial Justice, Chair and Executive Director of Commission on Racial Equity
- Joint Statement from NYC Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and Education Chair Rita Joseph on the Adams Administration’s Decision to Reduce Individual Schools’ Budgets Based on Lower Enrollment in Mid-Year Adjustments
- NYC Council Speaker Adams and Education Chair Joseph, Brooklyn Public Library, and Jumpstart for Young Children Celebrate $5.5 Million to Fund Early Childhood Literacy Programs
- Statements from Speaker Adams and Majority Leader Powers on Mayor Adams Signing Council Legislation to Make New York City the Largest U.S. City to Require a Zero Emissions Vehicle Fleet into Law
- Speaker Adrienne Adams Delivers Opening Remarks at the Council’s Joint Oversight Hearing on Costs and Projections of the Administration’s Asylum Seeker Response Effort
- Statements from NYC Council Speaker Adams and Criminal Justice Chair Rivera on Reappointment of Independent Rikers Commission to Help Advance Closure and Replacement with Borough-Based Jails, As Required by Law
