WHEREAS, over the past several months, thousands of asylum seekers have been arriving in New York City, from the Southern border, without having any immediate plans for shelter; and WHEREAS, the City now faces an unprecedented humanitarian crisis that requires it to take extraordinary measures to meet the immediate needs of the asylum seekers while…
Mayor Zohran Mamdani Joins Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch and Governor Kathy Hochul to Announce Safest Year Ever for Gun Violence, with Fewest Shooting Incidents and Shooting Victims in Recorded History Safest Year on the Subway System Since 2009 Outside the Pandemic Years, Fewest Transit Robberies Ever New York, New York – Police Commissioner Jessica S….
President Biden has granted a Presidential Permit to Southwebb Bridge Company LLC to construct, maintain, and operate a new vehicular and pedestrian border crossing near Laredo, Texas, at the U.S.-Mexico border. The permit authorizes the Laredo 4/5 International Bridge, including associated border facilities, under specific conditions and compliance with federal, state, and local regulations. This…
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) Commissioner Vilda Vera Mayuga today released the first quarterly report analyzing data that third-party restaurant delivery apps submitted to DCWP as part of its monitoring of compliance with the city’s minimum pay rate. The report indicates that workers’ earnings increased by 64…
Mayor Eric Adams and Schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos are going all in to get more NYC kids into early childhood education programs. With enrollment lagging in some neighborhoods, City Hall is rolling out aggressive outreach—emails, social media blasts, and borough-wide sign-up events—to make sure every family knows how to apply. Mayor Adams, Chancellor Aviles-Ramos Announce…
“It has been observed by an honorable gentleman, that a pure democracy, if it were practicable, would be the most perfect government. Experience has proved, that no position in politics is more false than this. The ancient democracies, in which the people themselves deliberated, never possessed one feature of good government. Their very character was…