The De Blasio administration announced that The Department of Homeless Services and the NYPD would be expanding joint canvassing and outreach operations in Midtown, Manhattan from two days per week to seven days per week, focusing on engaging homeless New Yorkers.
The de Blasio Administration announced that it will close its first jail on Rikers Island this summer as part of Mayor de Blasio’s plan to close Rikers Island.
Mayor de Blasio gave a speech celebrating the building of some of the first 'bollards' in the city, aimed at increasing safety and preserving City infrastructure.
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.
Press releases are designed to inform the public of an upcoming/ongoing emergency or special event. Some emergencies include coastal storms, nor'easters, and extreme heat. Releases also highlight special events including Ready New York presentations and other community preparedness initiatives.
The CCRB Executive Director's Monthly Report provides the public with all relevant statistics on CCRB complaints, including board dispositions, substantiation rates, truncations, and statistics from both the Mediation Unit and Administrative Prosecution Unit.
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.
According to Local Law 97, DFTA must survey caregivers again in two years and every five years thereafter. As such, the ideas in this document are intended to be practical enough to be implemented, but fluid enough to meet the evolving needs and demographics of unpaid caregivers in New York City.
DCAS established the following guiding principles for the Language Access Implementation Plan: 1. Communicate effectively with all DCAS customers; 2. Ensure persons with LEPs are accommodated and respected; 3. Provide translation and interpretation services to the public seeking core DCAS services