New York City Mayor Eric Adams unveiled a streamlined model for the B-HEARD program, transferring full operation of the 911 mental health crisis response teams to NYC Health + Hospitals starting spring 2026, allowing FDNY EMTs previously on the units to redeploy for faster ambulance response times citywide. The health-led teams—pairing medical and mental health…
Today and everyday, we’re grateful to the men and women who have put on the uniform of our great country. To those who have served in the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, and U.S. Coast Guard, thank you, you are the best of us. Quick facts for November…
New York is too expensive. Zohran will lower costs and make life easier. Housing Freeze the rent. A majority of New Yorkers are tenants, and more than two million of them live in rent stabilized apartments. These homes should be the bedrock of economic security for the city’s working class. Instead, Eric Adams has taken…
New York City Mayor Eric Adams unveiled a slate of public-private initiatives to help SNAP recipients after a prolonged federal government shutdown halted benefits for nearly 1.8 million New Yorkers. Partnering with the New York Community Trust, United Way of New York City, the Partnership for New York City, City Harvest, Food Bank for NYC,…
New York City posted 2,192 overdose deaths in 2024, down 28% from 3,056 in 2023, marking the first meaningful decline in a decade, Mayor Eric Adams said Oct. 28, 2025. Provisional DOHMH data show broad-based improvement across all five boroughs, led by Staten Island—off nearly 50%—while the Bronx still has the highest fatality rate. City…
Announced on October 23, 2025, New York City Mayor Eric Adams unveiled a $10 million Municipal Child Care Pilot that will provide on-site, affordable care for children as young as six weeks old to employees of the NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS). Opening in September 2026 at the David N. Dinkins Municipal Building…