Mayor Bill de Blasio and NYC Department of Small Business Services Commissioner Jonnel Doris today announced the $100 million NYC Small Business Resilience Grant to provide immediate funding to small businesses in the arts.
Mayor de Blasio today announced the City of New York has been awarded a $15 million grant as part of the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program, in order to offer more support in helping the youth.
Mayor de Blasio announced agreements with four labor unions regarding the City’s vaccination mandate, including on exemption requests and leave policies. Currently, over 92% of City workers under the mandate are vaccinated.
Mayor de Blasio and Governor Kathy Hochul today announced two major green energy infrastructure projects to power NYC with wind, solar and hydropower projects from upstate New York and Canada.
Mayor de Blasio and Chief Service Officer Laura Rog today announced that holiday wishes for more than 3,700 NYC children and youth were fulfilled by more than 2,000 volunteers from City government and the private sector through the seventh annual Secret Snowflake gift-giving initiative.
The de Blasio administration, through NYC Health + Hospitals/Correctional Health, announced plans to open a third Outposted Therapeutic Housing Unit to improve access to care for patients whose clinical conditions require specialty and subspecialty services.
Mayor de Blasio, NYC Economic Development Corp.and the Mayor's Office of Climate Resiliency today released the Financial District and Seaport Climate Resilience Master Plan, a blueprint for comprehensive flood defense infrastructure to protect Lower Manhattan from the urgent threat of climate change
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Department of Consumer and Worker Protection Commissioner Peter A. Hatch today announced a settlement agreement with American Airlines to resolve violations of the NYC Paid Safe and Sick Leave Law.
The Department of Buildings today is advising building owners and property managers to take added precautions when surveying damage at their properties, after historic and deadly floods.
Margaret Garnett, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Investigation (“DOI”), issued a Report today on the “Corruption Vulnerabilities in the City’s Oversight and Administration of Not-for-Profit Human Services Contracts,” which provides 23 recommendations for reform.
A report on three allegations involving the misuse of the Mayor's security detail and fourth allegation DOI probed on whether the Mayor's presidential campaign repaid the City of New York the costs associated with the travel of the Mayor's security detail during his campaign trips in 2019.
The Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities (MOPD) has released the 2021 edition of the AccessibleNYC report. The report highlights the work of City agencies and its partners to continue to increase accessibility for people with disabilities.
First Lady Chirlane McCray and the Department of Correction (DOC) today announced that For the Women’s House, an iconic painting by celebrated artist Faith Ringgold is expected to be moved out of the Rose M. Singer Center (RMSC) on Rikers Island to the Brooklyn Museum.
First Lady Chirlane McCray today held a virtual convening of Cities Thrive, a national mental health coalition committed to driving reform in mental health and substance use treatment on a local and federal level across the United States.