Phones help connect ex-inmates to health care, housing & jobs 74% went to those with serious mental illness or opioid treatment needs Part of Adams’ push to tackle mental health & reentry challenges Mayor Adams Announces NYC Health + Hospitals has Connected More Than 1,000 Medically-Vulnerable New Yorkers Leaving Rikers Island With Smartphones to Increase…
On “All In” with Chris Hayes on MS NOW, Governor Kathy Hochul described the President’s meeting with Zohran Mamdani as constructive and reassuring, saying it showed the city is in capable hands with a leader focused on public safety, affordability, and quality of life, making federal intervention like sending the National Guard unnecessary given declining…
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan today announced that the Adams administration will host a high-level summit on social media later this week — assembling national experts to lay out potential pathways for action to protect the mental health of…
DOT to Oversee Autonomous Vehicle Testing Through New Permit Program, With Trained Driver Behind Wheel at All Times . Requirements Prioritize Safety in Testing and Use of Autonomous Vehicles . Successful AV Program Could Increase Traffic Safety, Decrease Emissions . – New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez today released robust safety…
NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams today released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court today issued a decision in the case Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College: “Once again, a highly partisan Supreme Court is overturning decades of precedent in order to advance a purely political agenda. This decision…
Today, we celebrate the workers who built the middle class in this country, and the trailblazers of the labor movement still fighting to ensure that all workers have jobs with dignity, fair wages and safe working conditions. Happy #LaborDay! New York City Council