Tag: op-ed

Op-Ed | Q-Teams: Addressing quality of life issues across our city

An officer in the Quality of Life division patrols Coney Island.

Jun. 24, 2025 By Mayor Eric Adams New Yorkers love their city, but they are very clear about what they don’t love about living here: noise, trash, illegal vending, open-air drug use, reckless driving, double parking, and other everyday offenses. These and many other quality-of-life issues affect not just the reality of public safety,…

Op-Ed | The bike stops here: Removing illegal vehicles for a safer New York.

Scooters parked neatly in a row on a city sidewalk. Row of black rental electric scooters lined up on a street

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…

Op-Ed | ‘We Outside Summer’ in New York City

New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Parks & Recreation Commissioner Iris Rodriguez-Rosa

Jun. 3, 2025 By Mayor Eric Adams Despite all the rain we have been getting recently, summer just unofficially began in New York City with Memorial Day. The days are getting longer and warmer, our beaches are open, and, for the first time in the city’s recorded history, there were no shootings on the…

Op-Ed | Opening doors to opportunity

Mayor Eric Adams criticizes Cuomo campaign

May. 20, 2025 By Mayor Eric Adams When we came into office in 2022, illegal smoke shops were popping up all around the city. No matter what community you talked to, no matter what borough you visited, New Yorkers were fed up. Illegal smoke and cannabis shops were cutting the line — hurting hard-earned…

Op-ed: Safety for all on 31st Street requires more than a bike lane

DOT proposal image for 31st Street, showcasing protected bicycle lanes and floating parking spaces. Via Change.org

May 1, 2025 By Richard Khuzami This summer, the NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) will begin installing a protected bike lane under the elevated N train on 31st Street in Astoria, stretching from 36th Avenue to Newtown Avenue. The redesign includes new curbside bike lanes with buffer zones, improved pedestrian crossings and—importantly—no loss of travel… Read more »

Op-Ed | Destroying guns, protecting our city

Mayor Eric Adams speaks at City Hall

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…