This Week in New York City Government

Mayor de Blasio

• Mayor de Blasio Appoints Lorraine Grillo as the Commissioner of the Department of Design and Construction
• Your Key to NYC: Mayor de Blasio Announces Largest Year for Affordable Housing Production in City’s History
• The City of New York Sues the U.S. Department of Justice for Imposing Unlawful Conditions on Federal Public Safety Grants to New York City
• Mayor Announces Low-Cost Citi Bike Membership Will Be Available to All SNAP Recipients
• New York Works: De Blasio Administration Launches Freight NYC, A $100M Plan to Modernize New York City’s Freight Distribution System
• Mayor de Blasio Welcomes First Dockless Bikes to the Rockaways

NYC Council

• City Council Passes the Waste Equity Bill, Capping the Amount of Solid Waste That Can be Processed in Individual Neighborhoods
• Council Pushes Green Infrastructure at New Developments
• New York City Council Passes Bill to Regulate Airbnb

NYC Comptroller Stringer

• Comptroller Stringer: “ADA Transit Deserts” Leave 640,000 New Yorkers Stranded Without a Single Accessible Station in their Neighborhood
• High Cost of Security Deposits Burden Working New Yorkers and Fuel Affordable Housing Crisis

Citywide

This Week in New York State Government

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