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NYC Mayor Erik Adams, DCP Director Garodnick Unveil Proposal to Convert Vacant Offices to Housing Through City Action, Outline Next Step in “City of Yes” Plan

Mayor Adams’ “City of Yes for Housing Opportunity” Proposal Will Include Changes Needed to Facilitate Office Conversions That Albany Failed to Pass City Creating an Office Conversion Accelerator to Expedite Conversion Projects Immediately, Advancing Effort to Create New Homes and Good Jobs in Midtown Manhattan Follows Adams Administration’s Record-Breaking Year for Creating Affordable Housing and…

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NYC Mayor Adams, TLC Announce new Rules to Require City’s Rideshare Vehicles to be Zero-Emission, Wheelchair Accessible by 2030

August 16, 2023 New Proposed “Green Rides” Rules Lay Groundwork for a Cleaner, More Accessible New York City New York City to Become First Large City to Have Rideshare Fleet Entirely Either Zero-Emissions or Wheelchair Accessible NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) Commissioner David…

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As New York City Nears Arrival of 100,000 Asylum Seekers Since Last Spring, Mayor Adams Lays out Updated Costs if State and Federal Governments do not Take Swift Action

Updated Forecast Shows Crisis Could Cost City Total of More Than $12 Billion Through July 2025, Absent State and Federal Support NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams today laid out updated figures the asylum seeker crisis will cost the city over the next two fiscal years if swift action is not taken by…

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Adams Administration Has Been Allocated Nearly $1 Billion in Total Federal Infrastructure Funding, Including More than $350 Million in Competitive Funding

August 4, 2023 City Has Submitted Applications for More Than $1.5 Billion in Competitive Funding Since Beginning of Adams Administration City’s Federal Infrastructure Funding Task Force Aims to Submit $1 Billion More in Competitive Grant Applications by End of Year, Totaling $2.5 Billion in Competitive Federal Funding Applications New York – New York City Mayor Eric…

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NYC Mayor Adams Expands ‘Big Apple Connect’ to 17 new Sites, Free Broadband now Available to 150,000 NYCHA Households

August 1, 2023 NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Chief Technology Officer and New York City Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI) Commissioner Matthew Fraser today announced the expansion of “Big Apple Connect” to 17 new public housing developments —contributing to the delivery of free in-home internet and basic cable TV to…

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