Mayor de Blasio held a press conference to discuss the status of migrant children being housed in NYC, discussing the inhumane nature of separating children from their families.
Mayor de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza announced a new contract agreement with the Teacher's Union to provide paid parental leave for all public school teachers.
Mayor Bill de Blasio, United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew announced an agreement to provide six weeks of paid parental leave at 100 percent of salary for 120,000 UFT-represented employees – including all New York City public school teachers.
Mayor de Blasio and Police Commissioner O'Neil announced the new guidelines on marijuana enforcement in the City, citing a need to right past wrongs made by City government and healing relationships between communities and police.
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill announced the majority of New Yorkers found smoking marijuana in public will face criminal summonses instead of arrest.
Mayor de Blasio spoke live at City hall to discuss a multitude of issues, such as decreasing the amount of marijuana involved arrests and expunging past criminal records to immigration reform.
Mayor de Blasio told the story of a terrified 9 year old boy to paint the picture of what the effect Trump administration's immigrations policies have on families.
Mayor de Blasio and members of his administration announced that they would gather at P.S. 264 Bay Ridge Elementary School for the Arts to push for the passage of a bill that would preserve existing speed cameras near school zones while also expanding them to additional, high priority school zones.
Mayor de Blasio announced six finalists for the NYCx Climate Action Challenge, which called on the tech industry to develop solutions for scaling electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure and accelerating the use of EVs citywide.