In a quiet but highly symbolic gesture, New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani visited the Ohel — the gravesite of the Lubavitcher Rebbe — in Old Montefiore Cemetery, Queens, on Monday evening, December 15, 2025. The visit came just one day after a horrific antisemitic terrorist attack at a Chabad-organized Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s Bondi…
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has selected GFP Real Estate to redevelop the city-owned 100 Gold Street property in Lower Manhattan into roughly 3,700 units of mixed-income housing, including more than 900 permanently affordable apartments created without direct HPD subsidy, marking one of the administration’s flagship “City of Yes for Housing Opportunity” projects. The…
One year after the New York City Council approved “City of Yes for Housing Opportunity,” Mayor Eric Adams and the Department of City Planning are highlighting major gains in housing production citywide, including a 22.8 percent increase in new homes permitted in 2025 compared to the year before approval. The sweeping zoning reforms — from…
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Staten Island Borough President Vito Fossella announced nearly $30 million in FY 2026 budget capital funding to improve parks, cultural institutions, and open space on Staten Island, enhancing access, safety, and quality of life for residents. The investment includes $5.6 million to reconstruct Bloomingdale Park playground with new…
Mayor Eric Adams announced a $68 million plan to stop flash flooding in and around Prospect Park in Brooklyn. The city will create Brooklyn’s first-ever Bluebelt in Prospect Park, using nature — like the lake, ponds, and wetlands — to better handle heavy rain and protect nearby neighborhoods, including Ditmas Park, Kensington, Prospect Park South,…
At CAM’s 2025 North American Mayors Summit Against Antisemitism Closing Gala Dinner, New York City Mayor Eric Adams delivered a passionate speech urging a united, “team sport” approach to combating antisemitism and all forms of hatred, emphasizing that the goal is not to “outrun” each other’s problems but to remove the “lion of hatred” from…