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Mayor Adams and Norman Siegel Celebrate Success: Significant Rise in Homeless New Yorkers Securing Housing Through Street Advocacy Project

New York City Mayor Eric Adams and civil rights advocate Norman Siegel celebrated the success of the Street Homelessness Advocacy Project (SHAP) as it marked two years of operation. SHAP, a volunteer outreach initiative, significantly increased the percentage of homeless New Yorkers it helped transition from the streets into supportive programs, from 33% in its…

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New York. Governor Hochul Unveils Plan to Reform Involuntary Commitment Laws Amid Surge in Subway Violence

Statement From Governor Kathy Hochul “The recent surge in violent crimes in our public transit system cannot continue — and we need to tackle this crisis head-on. Many of these horrific incidents have involved people with serious untreated mental illness, the result of a failure to get treatment to people who are living on the…

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams declares that the city has achieved a historic milestone by reaching its highest ever number of jobs, successfully recovering nearly one million jobs that were lost during the pandemic

NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams today announced that New York City has set a record high for the total number of both public and private sector jobs in city history, with 4,709,400 total jobs, according to new data released by the New York State Department of Labor. With this milestone, the city has…

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New York City’s Asylum Application Help Center Wins American Bar Association’s Hodson Award for Public Service

Prestigious Award Recognizes Application Help Center for Extraordinary Service by Government Law Office  In First Year, Center Submitted More Than 58,000 Work Authorization, Temporary Protected Status, and Asylum Applications  Innovative Model is First-in-Nation to Combine Government, Law Firm, Corporate, Nonprofit, and University Support to Provide Pro Se Application Support at Scale NEW YORK – New York…

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NYC Mayor Eric Adams Celebrates Historic $2 Billion Investment in Affordable Housing, Total 10-Year Capital Commitment Reaching Record $26 Billion in Fiscal Year 2025 Budget

– New York City Mayor Eric Adams today celebrated an on-time, balanced, and fiscally-responsible $112.4 billion Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Adopted Budget that addresses the city’s affordability crisis head-on and invests in the future of the city and the working-class people who make New York the greatest city in the world. The budget specifically invests $2 billion in capital funds…

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