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…
Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the start of construction on a development that will add 50 units of affordable housing in the Jamaica area of Queens, including 30 units to serve New Yorkers living with serious mental illness. The project to build ‘The Morgan’ resulted from a $32.5 million investment — including $12.4 million through…
Governor Kathy Hochul today announced an emergency investment of nearly $550,000 in assistance for SUNY community college food pantries and related efforts to help campuses address the ongoing food insecurity crisis as a result of the longest federal government shutdown in United States history. The emergency assistance announced by Governor Hochul will help the food…
– The City of New York today took action in support of E.J.C.C., a New York City Public Schools student who was detained on October 23, 2025, after attending a mandatory, routine immigration check-in with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, by filing an amicus brief in support of E.J.C.C.’s petition for immediate release from custody. E.J.C.C., a 16-year-old who lives…
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…