Mayor Bill de Blasio and the City’s Security Infrastructure Working Group announced plans to bring permanent perimeter barriers, or bollards, to high-profile sites and to create a process to streamline their design and construction.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio announced two laws that shine a spotlight on both public and private vacant land to further accelerate the production of affordable housing. This legislation is the latest effort to help the City reach its goal of building 300,000 affordable homes over the next decade.
Mayor de Blasio appeared on CNN to discuss a deadly fire that occurred, answering questions regarding faulty fire detection equipment, and then moving on to discuss security at New Years Eve at Times Square, and later shifting into discussing the crime rates of NYC (which reached record low numbers)
Mayor de Blasio appeared on the Brian Lehrer show to discuss the recent violent and deadly fire that had occurred in the Bronx, killing multiple people along with other questions from call-in listeners.
Mayor de Blasio and Police Commissioner James P. O'Neill discussed safety measures the city would be taking to ensure secure celebrations of New Years Eve in Times Square.
Mayor de Blasio announced that NYC received a 10-year waiver to continue delivering unfiltered tapwater from the Catskills and Deleware, cementing the belief that NYC has extremely clean tap water.