New York City Mayor Eric Adams unveiled a slate of public-private initiatives to help SNAP recipients after a prolonged federal government shutdown halted benefits for nearly 1.8 million New Yorkers. Partnering with the New York Community Trust, United Way of New York City, the Partnership for New York City, City Harvest, Food Bank for NYC,…
New York City posted 2,192 overdose deaths in 2024, down 28% from 3,056 in 2023, marking the first meaningful decline in a decade, Mayor Eric Adams said Oct. 28, 2025. Provisional DOHMH data show broad-based improvement across all five boroughs, led by Staten Island—off nearly 50%—while the Bronx still has the highest fatality rate. City…
Announced on October 23, 2025, New York City Mayor Eric Adams unveiled a $10 million Municipal Child Care Pilot that will provide on-site, affordable care for children as young as six weeks old to employees of the NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS). Opening in September 2026 at the David N. Dinkins Municipal Building…
– The City of New York — as part of a national coalition of nine local governments from across the country — has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), challenging the federal government’s effort to force cities and counties to agree to unlawful conditions to…
, Mayor Eric Adams—joined by Schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos and MOME Commissioner Pat Swinney Kaufman—kicked off the sixth annual New York City Minecraft Education Battle of the Boroughs esports competition, challenging K–12 students to design a more inclusive, sustainable, future-ready NYC. The first-round prompt tasks teams with reimagining Pier 6 at the MADE Bush Terminal…
In a breezy chat on Alba Life TV, Mayor Eric Adams celebrated New York’s Albanian community (strong on family, faith, small business—and yes, public safety), recapped his first-ever-by-a-NYC-mayor trip to Albania, and pitched tighter business ties, tech exchanges (shoutout to e-gov IDs and AI), and a coveted direct NYC–Tirana flight—because layovers are so last regime….