Mayor de Blasio spoke at the winter national conference for Mayors where he highlighted the important role education plays in his administration and how important teachers are.
To celebrate national mentoring month, Chief Service Officer Paula Gavin and Schools Chancellor Carmen Faria announced that 25,000 high school students and 10,000 mentors participated in programs associated with the NYC Youth Mentoring Initiative.
Mayor de Blasio announced the City’s text-reminder program for people who receive summonses – launched by the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, the Office of Court Administration and NYPD.
Mayor de Blasio gave a speech describing a threat the Trump Administration made against major cities, threatening to withhold their funding when they were meant to have a bipartisan meeting on infrastructure.
The de Blasio administration announced the location of the City’s new Bronx Animal Shelter, which will have space for 70 dogs, 140 cats, 30 rabbits and 20 animals from other species.
Mayor de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray announced that the City had filed a lawsuit in New York State Supreme Court to hold manufacturers and distributors of prescription opioids to account for their part in the City’s ongoing deadly opioid epidemic.