New York City will join a new proposed $7.4 billion Purdue Pharma–Sackler family settlement, securing approximately $48 million for the five boroughs to help repair communities harmed by the opioid crisis. Announced by Mayor Eric Adams and Corporation Counsel Muriel Goode-Trufant, the deal—part of litigation dating back to 2017—adds to nearly $190 million already received…
New Initiative Part of “City of Yes for Housing Opportunity” City Releases Rezoning Lookback Reports to Show Costs of Zoning Restrictions in Low-Density Neighborhoods – New York City Mayor Eric Adams today unveiled a new initiative as part of his administration’s historic “City of Yes for Housing Opportunity” proposal that will create tens of thousands of…
Yesterday, Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff, White House Domestic Policy Advisor Ambassador Susan Rice, Deputy Homeland Security Advisor Joshua Geltzer, U.S. Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Rashad Hussain, and Office of Public Engagement Director Stephen Benjamin hosted a listening session with Muslim community leaders to discuss efforts to counter Islamophobia, which is hate, discrimination,…
During Climate Week NYC, Governor Kathy Hochul awarded a record $33 million to New York farms through the Climate Resilient Farming Grant Program. The funding aims to support over 180 farms in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, improving soil health, and boosting resilience to extreme weather. With an estimated reduction of 120,000 metric tons of CO2…
New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued Emergency Executive Order 868 on October 5, 2025, extending Section 1 of Executive Order 866 for five days to address the ongoing humanitarian crisis caused by the large influx of asylum seekers arriving from the Southern border. Citing the continued state of emergency first declared in October 2022,…
Bianca Peters: All right. It has been a busy summer so far in New York City and for Mayor Eric Adams. Migrants continue to arrive over 53,000 asylum seekers now in the city’s care with shelters at capacity. And the mayor struggling to find housing for them. Rosanna Scotto: On the issue of crime, recent stats show…