Mayor Bill de Blasio and JPMorgan Chase announced that the company intends to pursue building a new 2.5 million square-foot headquarters at its 270 Park Avenue location in New York City.
The de Blasio Administration announced that the City is streamlining its rental assistance programs, consolidating seven different initiatives into one, to make it easier for New Yorkers to get back on their feet or remain in their homes and simpler for landlords to participate in the programs.
Mayor de Blasio delivered remarks discussing the erection of a jail in Chinatown as part of his efforts to remove incarcerated individuals from Rikers Island.
Mayor Bill de Blasio named Kelly Jin as New York City’s Chief Analytics Officer, where she will serve as Director of the Mayor’s Office of Data Analytics
First Lady Chirlane McCray and other admin announced the expansion and continuation of a program that allows mothers incarcerated at Rikers Island to visit and participate in activities with their children at the Children’s Museum of Manhattan.
Mayor de Blasio announced that his administration financed 32,116 affordable homes last year, breaking the all-time record previously set by former Mayor Ed Koch in 1989 of 25,243 units.
The New York City Emergency Department and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene issued warnings and guidelines for New Yorkers on ways to stay safe during the summer heatwave.
Mayor de Blasio announced that the Department of Transportation constructed over 20 miles of new on-street protected bike lanes along some of New York City’s major streets.
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) was nearing completion of its safety redesign of Ninth Street in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
Mayor de Blasio announced that with warm weather in the weekend forecast, the NYPD and the DOT would continue their new Vision Zero safety campaign, “Warm Weather Weekends.”
With the City’s School Zone Speed Camera program set to expire in Albany next month, Mayor de Blasio called on the State legislature to immediately reauthorize and expand the life-saving program
The de Blasio administration announced that as part of the City's Vision Zero campaign, New York City Department of Transportation would be reinstating their third annual Dusk and Darkness campaign to promote safer drawing during daylight savings.
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that New York City saw the fewest traffic fatalities on record in 2017, driven by a 32 percent drop in pedestrian fatalities.