Council’s additions build upon efforts to invest more in New Yorkers and neighborhoods, while increasing budget transparency
City Hall – Today, the New York City Council voted to unanimously approve a $115.9 billion budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026. The FY 2026 budget includes many of the priorities shared by the Council and New Yorkers for investments in the city and neighborhoods across the five boroughs.
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On Monday, New York State Supreme Court Justice Jeffrey Pearlman issued a decision declaring that Mayor Eric Adams’ executive orders to suspend Local Law 42 of 2024, which bans solitary confinement in city jails, exceeded his emergency powers. Mayor Adams issued Emergency Executive Orders 624 and 625, which declared a state of emergency in city jails in order to block the local law from taking effect.
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City Hall, NY – Speaker Adrienne Adams, Finance Committee Chair Justin Brannan, and Council Members joined Mayor Eric Adams to announce an agreement on a $115.9 billion budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026. Over $1.6 billion of the Council’s priorities were included in the Adopted Budget, including expanded 7-day library service to 10 new neighborhood libraries, a $50 million increase in immigration legal services, major investments in mental health care and public safety programs, and robust childcare and early childhood education funding.
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Yesterday, the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court denied Mayor Adams’ administration’s request to appeal the Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) blocking the implementation of Executive Order 50, which would facilitate Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reopening an ICE center on Rikers Island. In response to the decision, a spokesperson for the New York City Council, Rendy Desamours, issued the following statement:
“Time and time again, the courts have rejected Mayor Adams’
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Council’s approval builds on record of advancing new housing to address affordability crisis
City Hall, NY – Today, the New York City Council’s Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises and Committee on Land Use voted to approve the One45 for Harlem rezoning in Council Member Yusef Salaam’s district. The Council successfully negotiated an agreement that will result in the creation of 1,000 new units of housing, 338 of which will be affordable, in addition to a range of community benefits for the surrounding neighborhood.
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“Amidst a severe housing and affordability crisis, Mayor Adams, First Deputy Mayor Mastro, and their administration have betrayed New Yorkers who are in desperate need of affordable homes. Their political interference to stop the building of Haven Green’s 123 units of deeply affordable housing for older adults, with 14,000 square feet of public space, is yet another example of this mayoral administration’s capitulation to special interests.
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“The healthcare of our city’s retirees, who have dedicated their lives to public service and improving the lives of New Yorkers, is of paramount importance. Today’s announcement by the mayor only reinforces our consistent position that responsibility for the healthcare decisions of municipal employees and retirees rests with the mayoral administration. We are pleased that the mayor has finally found a resolution to achieve savings without reducing retirees’
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This week, proposed legislation to address a longstanding gap in state law that has denied death benefits to the children of late NYPD Detective Miosotis Familia did not advance, when New York State Assembly legislation (A.8810) was not passed. The New York City Council had unanimously passed a Home Rule Message to support the state legislation on June 12, and the New York State Senate passed its version of the legislation on June 13.
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Council has delivered $7.5 million in capital funding for new, state-of-the-art headquarters to serve 16,000 young people
Astoria, NY – Today, New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams joined Variety Boys and Girls Club of Queens CEO Costa Constantinides, Queens Council Members, and community and civic leaders to celebrate the Council’s longstanding support and capital funding investments to help build a new, state-of-the-art facility that will serve as the largest Boys and Girls Club of its kind in the nation.
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Today, New York State Supreme Court Judge Mary Rosado granted a preliminary injunction to further halt Mayor Eric Adams’ administration from implementing Executive Order 50 that would facilitate Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reopening an ICE center on Rikers Island. The decision comes after Judge Rosado previously issued an interim Temporary Restraining Order on April 21 prohibiting the execution and negotiation of any Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) related to the executive order.
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