During his monthly “Hear From the Mayor” radio show on WBLS, Mayor Eric Adams and Deputy Mayor Ana Almanzar discussed the city’s significant investment in the new “After-School for All” program. This initiative, backed by a commitment of over $330 million, aims to expand after-school options by 20,000 seats over three years, beginning with 5,000…
– New York City Mayor Eric Adams today released the following statement following the New York City Council’s vote to override a vetoed package of City Fighting Homelessness and Eviction Prevention Support (CityFHEPS) bills: “The good news is that our efforts to house more New Yorkers, even in the midst of a humanitarian crisis, are…
The Cigna Group, headquartered in Connecticut, has agreed to pay $172,294,350 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting and failing to withdraw inaccurate and untruthful diagnosis codes for its Medicare Advantage Plan enrollees in order to increase its payments from Medicare. Under the Medicare Advantage (MA) Program, also known as Medicare Part C, Medicare…
New York City Mayor Eric Adams today released the following statement on the status of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) commissioner: “First, I want to thank Commissioner Sewell for her year and a half of service to the greatest city in the world. Commissioner Sewell not only led the NYPD with distinction and…
– New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) Commissioner Keith Howard today announced $2 million in expanded programming and services to continue to keep young people safe in the final weeks of summer. The expanded programs and services will be invested in historically underserved neighborhoods,…
Speaking at the 88th NAACP New York State Conference in Erie County, Governor Kathy Hochul emphasized the importance of addressing historical injustices through a newly signed law to study reparations for slavery in New York. She reflected on the state’s overlooked past, where one in five New Yorkers were once enslaved, and celebrated the NAACP’s…