This Week in the New York City Government: September 28, 2023

Mayor Adams

• Mayor Adams Announces $15 Million in New Federal Funding to Plant, Maintain City’s Trees
• Mayor Adams Gives New Yorkers Ability to Use City-Funded Rental Assistance Vouchers Across New York State
• What They Are Saying: New Yorkers Back Mayor Adams’ Historic Effort to Build “A Little More Housing in Every Neighborhood”
• Mayor Adams Appoints Elijah Hutchinson as Executive Director of Mayor’s Office of Climate and Environmental Justice
• As Number of Asylum Seekers in City’s Care Tops 60,000, Mayor Adams Announces 30-day Notices for Adult Migrants, Intensified Casework to Help Adult Asylum Seekers Take Next Step

City Council

• Council Passes One Time Waiver That Will Allow EMS Workers to Apply for Promotional FDNY Exam
• Statement from Speaker Adrienne Adams on the Recommendation That No Disciplinary Action Be Taken Against NYPD Officers in Killing of Kawaski Trawick
• Joint Statement from Speaker Adrienne Adams and Deputy Speaker Diana Ayala on the Expanded Eligibility to Use CityFHEPS Outside of New York City

Comptroller Lander

• NYC Comptroller Lander Applauds Court Ruling on Deliverista Minimum Pay
• NYC Comptroller Lander Celebrates Astoria’s Vibrant MENA Community and Advocates for Small Business Empowerment
• Statement from NYC Comptroller Lander on Writers Guild and AMPTP Reaching Tentative Agreement
• Statement by New York City Comptroller on Mayor’s Announcement to Arbitrarily End the Right to Shelter for Single Adults Seeking Asylum After 30 Days
• Comptroller Lander Delivers Testimony on Asylum Seeker Contracts Before the City Council Committees on Oversight and Contracts