July 18, 2025
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Mayor Adams, HPD Commissioner Carrión Take Action To Connect New Yorkers To Affordable Housing More Quickly, Eliminate Unnecessary Credit Checks For Voucher Holders

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NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams, New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Adolfo Carrión Jr., and New York City Housing Development Corporation (HDC) President Eric Enderlin today announced that New York City households with housing vouchers will no longer undergo credit checks when selected for affordable housing —…

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NYC Mayor Adams’ Statement On Strong Growth In 2023 Math And English Language Arts Test Scores, Closing Of Racial Learning Gap

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NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams today released the following statement after the New York City Department of Education released 2023 test scores showing strong growth in math and English language arts (ELA): “We are elated to see strong growth under this administration’s first full school year. As a student I struggled with…

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 NYC Mayor Eric Adams Calls In Live To Waok’s “Keepin’ It Real With Rev. Al Sharpton

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Reverend Al Sharpton: Keepin’ it real. Keepin’ it real, I’m your host Reverend Al Sharpton. They’re telling me to go right to the phone, another surprise caller guest. Let’s go to the phone. Hello? Mayor Eric Adams: My brother, my brother. You know, happy birthday. I’m sure it’s Libra…  Al Sharpton: Yep, that’s right. Mayor Adams: You balance shit…

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NYC Mayor Adams Delivers Remarks to Celebrate Banned Books Week

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Linda Johnson, President and CEO, Brooklyn Public Library: Good afternoon, everyone. It’s my great pleasure to welcome Mayor Adams, Chancellor David Banks, Assemblymember Brian Cunningham, Councilmember Chi Ossé, and my friends, Tony Marx and Dennis Walcott, presidents of the New York and Queens Public Libraries. At Brooklyn Public Library, we are fortunate to have many special…

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Statement from NY Attorney General Letitia James on the Trial Against Donald Trump

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October 2, 2023 NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James released the following statement on the first day of trial in her case against Donald Trump for engaging in years of financial fraud to unjustly enrich himself and cheat the system: “For years, Donald Trump falsely inflated his net worth to enrich himself…

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NYC Mayor Adams Announces Record-breaking $6 Billion In Spending With NYC’s Minority/Women-owned Business Enterprises Firms In First Fiscal Year Of Administration

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NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams today announced that the city set a new record for spending on city-certified minority- and women-owned business enterprises ( M/WBE  ) in Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23), the first full fiscal year of the Adams administration. City agencies and affiliated entities awarded over $6 billion in total to…

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