Mayor Bill de Blasio and JPMorgan Chase announced that the company intends to pursue building a new 2.5 million square-foot headquarters at its 270 Park Avenue location in New York City.
Mayor de Blasio and New York City Department of Probation Commissioner Ana M. Bermúdez announced that young people under probation supervision who participated in the Arches Transformative Mentoring Program were significantly less likely to have future justice system involvement.
Mayor de Blasio spoke at the CUNY Caucus Luncheon, where he discussed the important role the CUNY schools play in the education of New Yorkers amongst other topics.
Mayor de Blasio spoke on the Brian Lehrer show to discuss the recent acquittal of a former police officer who killed a schizophrenic woman, NYCHA housing, and other issues.
Mayor de Blasio and Speaker Corey Johnson announced an agreement to move forward on closing Rikers Island and creating a smaller, safer and fairer borough-based jail system.
Mayor de Blasio gave his State of the City, where he went over what changes he made to the City in his first term as mayor, and looked to the future regarding what he'd like to see come out of his second term as mayor.