Governor Kathy Hochul today announced Brekland of Brooklyn, New York as the grand-prize winner of the seventh annual Grow-NY business competition. The competition awarded a total of $3 million in prize money — including a $1 million grand prize — to seven of the 20 finalists selected for the Grow-NY business accelerator. Winners were announced at the…
Upon taking office in 2021, President Biden and his Administration immediately got to work addressing the shocks that were roiling global supply chains and moved swiftly to secure key industries for America’s economy and national security. Everything in our lives—the food we eat, the medicines in our hospitals, the energy that powers our homes, the…
New York City Mayor Eric Adams, with the support of the NYPD, the Sheriff’s Office, and the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP), has shut down over 1,200 illegal smoke shops through the “Operation Padlock to Protect” initiative. This citywide crackdown resulted in the seizure of $80 million worth of illegal products, including hazardous…
Governor Kathy Hochul today announced New York State has officially started issuing approximately $350 million in supplemental payments to low- and moderate-income families statewide through the Empire State Child Credit program. The first round of checks was mailed today and will begin to appear in recipients’ mailboxes this week. Checks will continue to be mailed…
In a fiery Memorial Day interview on 77 WABC’s “Cats & Cosby,” Mayor Eric Adams vowed to honor post-9/11 veterans with a massive ticker-tape parade set for July 6, 2026 — while doubling down on his tough-on-crime stance. Adams slammed violent undocumented gang members and pledged full cooperation with federal agencies like ICE and HSI…
Today, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico and U.S. Homeland Security Advisor Dr. Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall met in Mexico City to build on the successful migration initiative that President López Obrador and President Biden announced in January 2023. Following that meeting, the United States and Mexico are announcing a set of additional measures to address the humanitarian situation caused by unprecedented migration flows at our shared…