Jun. 17, 2025 By Mayor Eric Adams Public safety has always been the North Star of this administration. Keeping our city safe is not just about crime stats — it is also about how people are feeling. And New Yorkers have strong feelings about illegal mopeds and scooters, especially when they are driving the…
June 10, 2025 By Shane O’Brien Several elected officials and community members have condemned a text blast circulated ahead of last month’s OneLIC neighborhood plan hearing, calling it antisemitic for describing the proposal as “Zionist capital at work.” The text blast, which was distributed in advance of a joint Community Board 1 and 2 hearing… Read more »
Jun. 9, 2025 By Barbara Russo-Lennon Mayor Eric Adams urged on Monday those protesting ICE raids in New York City to do so peacefully, saying that the NYPD was at the ready to keep things orderly in the Big Apple. During a late afternoon press conference on June 9, Hizzoner said that the city and…
Jun. 3, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday encouraged undocumented immigrants to continue going to their mandated court dates even as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have been conducting raids at city courthouses in recent days, urging them to confer with their attorneys about how to navigate the situation. “We…
Jun. 3, 2025 By Shane O’Brien Mayor Eric Adams joined elected officials, community representatives and New York City FC (NYCFC) players, staff and executives on Monday morning to cut the ribbon at NYCFC’s newly built mini soccer pitch at PS 211 Elm Tree Elementary School in Corona. The ribbon-cutting marks the launch of a…
Jun. 1, 2025 By Barbara Russo-Lennon Illegally operated scooters, e-bikes and mopeds are running wild on the streets and sidewalks of New York City — and advocates are urging city lawmakers to do more to hold operators accountable. NYC is experiencing a surge in the use of such micromobility vehicles. While this shift towards…
May. 8, 2025 By Barbara Russo-Lennon Mayor Eric Adams doubled down on the importance of addressing help for mentally ill and homeless New Yorkers by supporting involuntary commitment laws during a Lower Manhattan press conference on Thursday. Adams said that a crucial part of the NYS budget, which focuses on involuntary commitment of mentally…
May. 6, 2025 By Mayor Eric Adams Last week, I went back to Bayside High School in Queens to deliver the Fiscal Year 2026 Executive Budget — the Best Budget Ever — in the same place I attended high school. My message was simple: this budget is not some abstract set of numbers; it…
April 30, 2025 By Shane O’Brien Council Member Julie Won has announced a slate of “community-driven” priorities for the OneLIC neighborhood plan, which officially entered the city’s Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) following certification by the City Planning Commission on April 21. The sweeping rezoning proposal aims to transform a large portion of Long… Read more »
Apr. 29, 2025 By Mayor Eric Adams The Adams administration has been committed to public safety from the start, and getting illegal guns off our streets and out of our lives is core to that mission. Since the day I took office, the NYPD has seized more than 21,400 illegal firearms — and last…