Mayor de Blasio signed Intro. 2397-A, into law. This legislation requires severance pay for hotel service employees if a hotel with over 100 rooms that laid off over 75% of its employees or closed during the pandemic fails to reopen by November 1st.
The Department of Sanitation has announced that registration is now open for those interested in working as Emergency Snow Laborers for the 2021-2022 winter season.
Mayor De Blasio and other city officials today officially commissioned the Staff Sergeant Michael H. Ollis, the first new Staten Island Ferry vessel added to the fleet since 2005.