NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams today announced that the city set a new record for spending on city-certified minority- and women-owned business enterprises ( M/WBE ) in Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23), the first full fiscal year of the Adams administration. City agencies and affiliated entities awarded over $6 billion in total to…
September 26, 2023 New Funding Will Support Green Jobs, Urban Forest Restoration Work, and Community Development and Engagement Adams Administration Surpasses $1 Billion in Federal Infrastructure Funding Awarded NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Parks & Recreation (NYC Parks) Commissioner Sue Donoghue today announced that the city…
September 26, 2023 NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams today announced further innovations to the City Fighting Homelessness and Eviction Prevention Supplement (CityFHEPS) rental assistance program that will immediately and significantly expand access to housing for New Yorkers with housing vouchers. While New York City continues to face a serious housing shortage with…
September 26, 2023 Most Significant Pro-Housing Reform Ever to City Zoning, Mayor Adams’ “City of Yes for Housing Opportunity” Plan Earns Praise from Key Elected Officials, Community Boards, Unions, Experts, Faith Groups, and Advocates NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams recently launched “City of Yes for Housing Opportunity,” an urgent, groundbreaking effort to…
September 22, 2023 NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams today announced additional policies to help asylum seekers in the city’s care take the next steps in their journeys. The city has made every effort to continue serving the more than 116,000 asylum seekers who have arrived in New York City since last spring….
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…