Mayor de Blasio issued a statement regarding the killing of Eric Garner at the hands of the NYPD, urging the Department of Justice to make their decision on how to discipline the NYPD.
Mayor de Blasio and Chief Technology Officer Miguel Gamiño, Jr. announced members of the NYCx Technology Leadership Advisory Council, a diverse group of technology and community leaders who will increase engagement and visibility of the NYCx program to the broader tech community.
Mayor de Blasio appeared on the 103.9 DL Hughley's radio show to discuss the future of his administration (and possible presidential campaign) and look back on his previous term as mayor.
Mayor de Blasio announced the major strides his administration was able to make in regards to affordable housing in the City, using a man named Jasper Hurst as an example for as to why affordable housing is so important.
Mayor de Blasio, Police Commissioner O'Neil, and other admin announced that the NYPD would be speeding up their efforts to get all cops to have body cameras on them.
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.
First Lady Chirlane McCray and other admin announced the expansion of Mental Health Teams at all five of the City's Family Justice Centers, with one in each borough.
Mayor de Blasio updated New Yorkers on the current winter storm, and reminded individuals to refrain from travel as the storm continues to move through the City.
Mayor de Blasio joined in an interview at City Hall to discuss the coming deadline to sign up for healthcare (and the increased accessibility of it) along with the approaching State of the Union with President Trump.
Mayor de Blasio returned to the Brian Lehrer show to discuss the recent winter storm that had happened in the City as well as the state of public housing (and how it held up throughout the storm), among other topics.
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 announced a mixed-income development project that will include affordable homes for approximately 100 seniors on Manhattan’s Lower East Side.
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Fariña announced that 3-K for All will expand to four more community school districts over the next three years, increasing the City’s commitment to fully funding free, full-day, from eight community school districts by 2020 to 12 districts.
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.
First Lady Chirlane McCray announced the launch of New York City's first-ever, web-based portal, NYCHOPE, dedicated to providing resources to survivors and information to all City residents about how to help someone experiencing domestic violence.
The Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) Commissioner Lorelei Salas, in collaboration with the Department of Education’s network of community schools, announced the first NYC Free Tax Prep-a-Thon, a 12-hour tax filing marathon and resource fair.
Mayor de Blasio announced that New York City’s 2017 four-year high school graduation rate is the highest on record: 74.3 percent. The dropout rate is now at its lowest ever: 7.8 percent.
Mayor de Blasio, joined by 11 mayors and city leaders from across the country, signed on to the Cities Open Internet Pledge in coordinated resistance to the federal government’s repeal of net-neutrality protections.
Mayor de Blasio appeared live at City Hall to discuss recent events in his administration, one of them being the newly released statistics of sexual harassment complaints in the city.
Mayor de Blasio appeared on the Brian Lehrer show to discuss recent events in his administration, in this case being the new budget for fiscal year 2019.
In honor of the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr's famous speech "I've Been to the Mountaintop" Mayor de Blasio announced that the speech would be played at Washington Square Park.
NYC Service announced the launch of the NYC National Service Support Center, which provides training, technical assistance, capacity building resources, and consultations to nearly 40 service year programs across the City.
First Lady Chirlane McCray and NYC Chief Service Officer Paula Gavin held a ceremony at Gracie Mansion to recognize over 400 New Yorkers who volunteered 500 hours or more of their time to serve their communities
First Lady Chirlane McCray and Deputy Mayor of Housing and Economic Development Alicia Glen unveiled Women.NYC, a new initiative to support the advancement of women in their careers and help make New York City fairer for working women.
First Lady McCray announced a g pilot program designed to allow mothers incarcerated at Rikers Island to visit and participate in activities with their children at the Children’s Museum of Manhattan.
First Lady McCray announced she would be speaking at St. Patrick’s Cathedral as over 2,000 of houses of worship and community groups across the nation address mental health and addiction in their communities.
Mayor de Blasio and Gabrielle Fialkoff, Senior Advisor to Mayor de Blasio and Director of the Office of Strategic Partnerships announced that over $400 million was raised for the Mayor’s agenda for an equitable and inclusive City.
Mayor de Blasio announced that the Department of Transportation would begin the rule-making process in order to decide whether or not pedal-assist bicycles are legal to operate in New York City.