Mayor de Blasio announced the City would be moving forward with converting nearly 500 cluster units across 17 buildings into permanent affordable housing for over 1,000 New Yorkers in need.
First Lady Chirlane McCrayand the Gracie Mansion Conservancy announced they would be starting the third season of the Gracie Book Club with a discussion of Andrew Solomon’s “The Noonday Demon”
First Lady Chirlane McCray and other admin announced that a monument to U.S. Rep. Shirley Chisholm, the first black Congresswoman and the first woman to seek the Democratic presidential nomination, would be erected at the Parkside entrance to Prospect Park.
Mayor de Blasio and several other admin gave statements regarding the City winning a lawsuit against the US Department of Justice, which was about President Trump attempting to enforce his immigration laws within NYC.
Mayor de Blasio spoke live on the Brian Lehrer show to discuss recent events in NYC politics, such as the major deal struck between Amazon and the City. Mayor de Blasio also took questions from call-in listeners.
Mayor de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray announced he Bronx Action Plan to tackle the opioid epidemic in the South Bronx, one of the hardest hit areas of the opioid epidemic.