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Statement from Speaker Adams on Comptroller Brad Lander’s Report on the City’s Use of Emergency Procurement and Contracts

November 30, 2023 “Transparency, oversight, and accountability are critical when the City is spending billions of public dollars through emergency contracting. Comptroller Lander’s report revealing deficiencies in the Administration’s emergency contracting only underscores the need for the City to reduce its overreliance on this type of procurement and turn towards more sustainable solutions to meet…

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New York. Statement from Speaker Adams on Comptroller Brad Lander’s Report on the City’s Use of Emergency Procurement and Contracts

“Transparency, oversight, and accountability are critical when the City is spending billions of public dollars through emergency contracting. Comptroller Lander’s report revealing deficiencies in the Administration’s emergency contracting only underscores the need for the City to reduce its overreliance on this type of procurement and turn towards more sustainable solutions to meet the holistic needs…

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New York City Hall. Mayor Eric Adams Launches new Effort to Make Thousands of NYC Intersections Safer, Part of Broad new Street Safety Initiative

New York City Mayor Eric Adams today launched an aggressive, three-pronged effort to rapidly accelerate the city’s ongoing efforts to make streets safer for all New Yorkers and road users, as traffic fatalities continues to rise nationally, beginning by doubling down on the administration’s focus on improving safety at intersections. Under this initiative, the Adams…

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NYC Mayor Eric Adams Announces More Than Half of Hardest-to-Reach New Yorkers Have Moved From Street Into Care One Year After Severe Mental Illness Plan Launches

Deputy Mayor Anne Williams-Isom, Health and Human Services: Good morning, everyone. I am Anne Williams-Isom. I’m the deputy mayor for Health and Human Services. And we’re here this morning to update New Yorkers on something that we have been working on for over a year. I would say it’s probably one of the most complex issues…

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New York. As City Continues to Manage National Migrant Crisis, Mayor Adams Expands Immigration Application Assistance Centers, Convenes Resettlement Working Group

– As New York City continues to manage a national asylum seeker crisis largely on its own, New York City Mayor Eric Adams today launched an expansion of the Asylum Application Help Center, scaling up a resource that has helped thousands of asylum seekers complete complex immigration forms as they continue to pursue the American Dream. With…

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What is a lead abatement job description?

They perform lead abatement work (requiring the use of protective clothing, respirator and mask) involving room preparation, including moving and replacing of furniture; cover surrounding areas with plastic or other similar material to seal non- affected areas; remove paint by scraping or chemical means; wash down … Lead Abatement, Inspection and Risk Assessment Lead Abatement…

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