Mayr de Blasio announced his administration would be moving 6 and 17 year old incarcerated individuals out of Riker's Island to more age-appropriate facilities with programs to help support them.
The New York City Department of Sanitation announced that in observance of Columbus Day, there will be no garbage, recycling, or organics collection, nor street cleaning on Monday, October 8, 2018.
Mayor de Blasio announced that his administration would be pursuing an alternative design for part of their East Side Coastal Resiliency project in Lower Manhattan.
Mayor de Blasio delivered a speech at the African Heritage celebration at Gracie Mansion, highlighting the different groups within the African diaspora.