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In latest pivot, Mayor Adams offers remote work option for another 15,600 NYC employees

Mayor Adams announced Monday that his administration will allow a variety of city employees in managerial positions to work from home twice a week. Tens of thousands of non-managerial city workers have been able to work from home for a few days since June under a pilot program developed by Adams’ administration and DC37, the […]

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Our Children and All Our Neighbors Deserve Safety on McGuinness Boulevard

Lola Pavitt, a graduating fifth-grader at PS110 (photo: ZED Images) On May 17, 2021, Matthew Jensen greeted my son at the entry to PS110 in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, and took his temperature, as he did every day during covid. The following afternoon, word started spreading at the playground that Mr. Jensen had died. Kids were saying […]

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Where is the State Legislation at Center of Mayor Adams’ Jordan Neely Response?

Mayor Adams releases a mental health plan (photo: Ed Reed/Mayor’s Office) On May 10, Mayor Eric Adams made his first extended remarks on the death of Jordan Neely, a Black homeless man with a history of mental illness who was killed on the subway ten days earlier by Daniel Penny, a white Marine veteran. Adams […]

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How Mayor Adams’ Albany Agenda Fared in the New State Budget

Mayor & Governor (photo: Darren McGee/Governor’s Office) New York State’s $229 billion budget deal for the new fiscal year has both good and bad news for New York City and Mayor Eric Adams’ Albany agenda. It directs additional funding for the ongoing migrant asylum-seeker crisis, provides a lifeline to the cash-strapped MTA, funds rent relief […]

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Series of Major Housing Approvals, Announcements Mark Progress in Adams’ ‘City of Yes’ | #citycouncil

Mayor Adams releases his housing plan (photo: Ed Reed/Mayor’s Office) New York City is soon to be awash in new housing construction with the City Council approval in recent months of over 12,000 new units and a mayoral administration promising to bring thousands more through major development projects and changes to city zoning rules. The […]

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Redistricting Commission Sends New Map to City Council for Review | #citycouncil

The Mayor & City Council (photo: John McCarten/NYC Council) In a near-unanimous vote, the New York City Districting Commission voted on Thursday to send its latest plan for redrawing the 51 City Council districts to the Council for its review. The Council now has three weeks to either approve the map or reject it and […]

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City Council Pushes Adams Administration on Affordable Housing for Seniors | #citycouncil

A push for senior affordable housing (photo: John McCarten/City Council) Older New Yorkers, aged 65 and above, are the fastest growing age group in the city, currently numbering at about 1.24 million and expected to grow to as many as 1.4 million residents by 2040. They are also a population that experiences significant housing insecurity […]

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City Council Redistricting Drama Underscores Dropped Commission Ethics Policy | #citycouncil

The NYC Districting Commission at a hearing (photo: @DistrictingNYC) New York City’s redistricting process was thrown into disarray last month after the commission responsible for drawing new City Council district lines voted down its own draft map. The upset came after an aide to Mayor Eric Adams individually lobbied his appointees on the commission to […]

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Nearly 9 Months In, Mayor Adams Yet to Name a Fire Commissioner

Acting FDNY Commissioner Kavanagh with Mayor Adams (photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office) Nearly nine months into his tenure, Mayor Eric Adams has yet to appoint a permanent commissioner for the New York City Fire Department, leaving Acting Commissioner Laura Kavanagh in the high-profile role dealing with some of the city’s most pressing emergencies and emergency […]

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Mayor’s Focus on Workforce Development Meets ‘Pressure Cooker’ Program Landscape, New Report Says

On the job (photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office) New York City has recovered many of the jobs lost at the height of the covid pandemic and some industries have expanded in the shifting economic landscape. But unemployment and inequality remain high, and there is too often a mismatch between employers seeking a workforce to power […]