Launched in August 2024, New York City’s Partnership Assistance for Transit Homelessness (PATH) marks its first year on October 10, 2025, with over 20,100 engagements on the subway system, delivering critical services 6,100+ times and connecting nearly 1,900 unhoused New Yorkers to shelter. As part of Mayor Eric Adams’ Subway Safety Plan and the “End…
On October 7, 2025, New York City filed an amicus brief with a coalition of 74 local governments supporting Oregon in Oregon v. Trump, urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to uphold a district court order that enjoined the Trump administration’s September 2025 deployment of the National Guard to Portland. The…
Mayor Eric Adams announced New York City’s fourth sale of General Obligation Social Bonds—$460 million in taxable, fixed-rate debt—to finance nearly 2,200 new affordable housing units, with proceeds reimbursing projects under HPD’s ELLA, SARA, and Supportive Housing Loan programs. More than 80% of units will serve households at or below 60% AMI (up to $97,200…
Mayor Eric Adams issued Emergency Executive Order 867 on October 5, 2025, extending section 1 of Emergency Executive Order 865 for five days to address ongoing crises in New York City Department of Correction (DOC) facilities, including Rikers Island. Citing the federal Nunez use-of-force case, the Nunez Action Plan approved June 14, 2022, and persistent…
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,…
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…