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NYC Administration Unveils Initiative to Create Tens of Thousands of Affordable Homes in High-Demand Areas, Continues Urgent Call for Action to Address Housing Crisis

New Initiative Part of “City of Yes for Housing Opportunity” City Releases Rezoning Lookback Reports to Show Costs of Zoning Restrictions in Low-Density Neighborhoods – New York City Mayor Eric Adams today unveiled a new initiative as part of his administration’s historic “City of Yes for Housing Opportunity” proposal that will create tens of thousands of…

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NYC Deputy Mayor For Health And Human Services Anne Williams-Isom Holds Briefing On Asylum Seeker Response

NYC Deputy Mayor For Health And Human Services Anne Williams-Isom Holds Briefing On Asylum Seeker Response

September 28, 2023 Deputy Mayor Anne Williams-Isom, Health and Human Services: Good afternoon, everyone. I’m Anne Williams-Isom, and I’m the deputy mayor for Health and Human Services. For this week’s briefing, I’m excited to be joined by the mayor of Barranquilla, Colombia, Jaime Pumarejo. I’m also joined by the City’s Corporation Counsel, Judge Sylvia Hinds Radix,…

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NYC Emergency Executive Order 492

September 7, 2023 WHEREAS, on September 2, 2021, the federal monitor in the Nunez use-of-force class action stated steps must be taken immediately to address the conditions in the New York City jails; and WHEREAS, on June 14, 2022, the federal court in Nunez approved the Nunez Action Plan, which “represents a way to move forward with concrete measures now to…

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NYC Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Anne Williams-Isom to Hold Briefing on Asylum Seeker Crisis – Video

Deputy Mayor Anne Williams-Isom, Health and Human Services: Good afternoon, everyone. I’m Anne Williams-Isom, and I’m the deputy mayor for Health and Human Services. I’m joined this week, at my briefing on the asylum seeker crisis, by Molly Park, the commissioner for the Department of Social Services. In my last briefing, I talked about the fact…

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Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Philip Banks Holds Briefing on Public Safety in New York City – video

Jul 7, 2023 Deputy Mayor Philip Banks, Public Safety: Good afternoon and welcome all. They got a picture that says, “Look here.” Right, right. That’s specifically for me, right? Okay. Okay. So listen here. Thank you for tuning in. We are joined here today by the New York City’s chief medical examiner, Dr. Jason Graham, whose…

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