The de Blasio administration announced they'd be moving into the second phase of the Mayor's plans for Hudson Yards, investing in approximately three acres of new parkland.
Mayor Bill de Blasio signed legislation that will reduce the amount of waste that can be taken at transfer stations in four neighborhoods that bear the brunt of the city’s waste management infrastructure.
Mayor de Blasio, ity Council Speaker Corey Johnson, Council Finance Chair Daniel Dromm and other admin announced that they had reached an agreement for the budget of Fiscal Year 2019.
The de Blasio administration announced they had reached a tentative contract with Teamsters Local 237 in efforts to build on the Mayor's commitment to improve public housing in the City.
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gabrielle Fialkoff, Senior Advisor to the Mayor and Director of the Office of Strategic Partnerships, announced a $1.5 million new initiative, “CareerLift,” driven by the NYC Center for Youth Employment (CYE).
Mayor de Blasio announced that three of the City’s designated banks – Amalgamated, Bank of America, and TD Bank – have committed $40 million towards two of the City’s three programs that help minority and women-owned business enterprises and small businesses access affordable loans to grow.
Mayor de Blasio announced the appointment of six members to New York City’s Veterans Advisory Board, an independent advisory council of military service veterans.
Mayor de Blasio announced that the City’s styrofoam ban will go into effect by January 1, 2019, advocating for the widespread use of reusable alternatives.
Mayor de Blasio's administration announced the appointment of the 13 remaining members to the City’s Charter Revision Commission – first announced as part of the Mayor’s DemocracyNYC agenda at his 2018 State of the City address in February.
Mayor de Blasio announced that his administration financed more than 24,536 affordable homes in the year prior, breaking an all-time record previously set by former Mayor Ed Koch in 1989.
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a first-of-its-kind targeted loan program that will make more than $5 million in affordable capital accessible to women entrepreneurs seeking to grow their businesses.
Mayor de Blasio announced that 250 apartment buildings had been placed in the Department of Housing Preservation and Development’s Alternative Enforcement Program, an initiative that shines a spotlight on multi-family buildings whose owners have allowed them to fall into dangerous disrepair.
Mayor de Blasio announced that the NYC Department of Correction would house inmates consistent with their gender identity. In addition, DOC said they'd work with the NYC Commission on Human Rights to maintain the Transgender Housing Unit as an additional safe housing option for transgender inmates.
he Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity released its annual New York City Government Poverty Measure report, which shows that both the poverty rate and the near-poverty rate fell since the prior year.
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.
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.
Mayor de Blasio announced a commitment from the New York City Housing Authority to renovate nearly 2,400 apartments across 21 public housing developments in Brooklyn and Manhattan.
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.
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the Fearless Girl statue will move to a new location in front of the New York Stock Exchange in the heart of New York’s Financial District.
Mayor de Blasio announced the official opening of a new two-way protected bike lane along Delancey Street on the Lower East Side, which provided a safer route for bicycle commuters traveling to and from the Williamsburg Bridge.
Mayor Bill de Blasio today announced that NYC Ferry’s ridership could grow to as many as 9 million annual passengers by 2023, twice as many passengers as initially projected, and that the City will invest in a bigger ferry fleet to meet that demand.
Mayor de Blasio announced the launch of "NYC Secure," which will defend New Yorkers from malicious cyber activity on mobile devices, across public Wi-Fi networks, and beyond.
Mayor de Blasio announced that Paula Gavin would be retiring from City service, stepping down from her role as NYC Chief Service Officer. She would be succeeded by Patricia Eng, who assumed the role October 1.
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that Prospect Park’s entire loop drive would be permanently car-free for the first time since the inception of the automobile.
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.
Mayr de Blasio announced his administration would be moving 6 and 17 year old incarcerated individuals out of Riker's Island to more age-appropriate facilities with programs to help support them.
Mayor de Blasio announced a mixed-income development project that will include affordable homes for approximately 100 seniors on Manhattan’s Lower East Side.
Two years into the City’s deer impact management plan on Staten Island, a survey conducted by White Buffalo, Inc and verified by NYC Parks estimates the borough’s deer population has dropped by 8 percent.
Mayor de Blasio announced that New York City had reached an agreement with Motivate, the operator of Citi Bike, to improve bikeshare coverage in some of Citi Bike’s busiest neighborhoods.
Mayor de Blasio announced the first status report since the majority of New York City’s school safety speed-cameras went dark, finding that 132,000 drivers were found to be driving at dangerous speeds in school zones, putting the lives of students at risk.
To mark the end of Women’s History Month, Mayor de Blasio announced that, for first time in City history, a women-owned financial firm has been hired to manage $100 million of the City’s Deferred Compensation Plan the voluntary retirement plan for over 180,000 City employees and retirees.
Mayor Bill de Blasio, Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen, Public Design Commission President Signe Nielsen, and Executive Director of the Commission Justin Garrett Moore announced the winners of the 36th Annual Awards for Excellence in Design.