“While we are pleased about relief for some programs and will continue to review the Mayor’s Preliminary Budget for Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25), it is critical to underscore the need for a better approach to budgeting that is based on a more accurate and shared set of facts. Budgets and the numbers that determine them have significant implications on the lives of all New Yorkers, including the hardworking public servants in our city agencies.
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“At a time when New Yorkers are confronting serious challenges and our economic recovery has lacked equity, it is vital that our budgetary investments match the urgency of the moment. While Governor Hochul’s FY25 Executive Budget includes proposals on mental health, transportation, and sustainability that we look forward to further examining, our children need more support to recover from pandemic-era learning losses, and our schools will require more resources from all levels of government, including the state.
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In response to Mayor Adams announcing the restoration of budget cuts to Community Schools and increased investments into Summer Rising, Speaker Adrienne Adams, Finance Chair Justin Brannan, and Education Chair Rita Joseph released the following joint statement.
“Ensuring Community Schools and Summer Rising are protected from Mayor Adams’ budget cuts has been a priority for the Council.
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In response to Mayor Adams announcing the restoration of certain budget cuts on sanitation services and city parks that were part of his November Financial Plan, Speaker Adrienne Adams and Finance Chair Justin Brannan released the following statement.
“Keeping our city’s streets and parks clean in every community is vital to the health and safety of all New Yorkers.
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City Hall, NY – Today, the New York City Council held a press conference where New Yorkers with experience of homelessness and housing insecurity spoke about the hardships and the difficulties of living without stable housing. The group, which included both individuals newly eligible under the laws and current CityFHEPS recipients, called on the Mayor and Department of Social Services (DSS) to implement Local Laws 99, 100, 101, and 102 to better support homeless New Yorkers and avoid the trauma and destabilization of eviction.
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“New Yorkers are facing many intersecting crises that impact their health and safety, and it’s critical that city and state leaders confront these challenges with holistic, long-term solutions. Governor Hochul’s State of the State address presents important proposals that can expand support for maternal health, swimming and water safety, and mental health, which are shared priorities that the Council has advanced.
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Five-year $17 billion estimate was based on higher average monthly voucher cost per recipient
City Hall, NY – Today, the New York City Independent Budget Office (IBO) released a report on the City Fighting Homelessness and Eviction Prevention Supplement (CityFHEPS) rental assistance voucher program that includes information showing, for the first time, how Mayor Adams’ administration calculated its cost estimate of Council legislation passed last year to reform the program.
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“In a city where one in three Black students cannot swim, expanding equitable access to public pools and swimming programs is a matter of safety and justice. Water safety has been a focus for the Council, and we are proud to have passed legislation to require access to free swimming lessons for second-grade students, study possible locations for more public pools, and report on drowning deaths.
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Adams, the Council’s first Black Speaker, will continue to lead historic women-majority and most diverse legislative body in city history, naming first Latina Majority Leader and all women in top leadership positions
City Hall, NY – Today at the New York City Council’s Charter Meeting, Council Members re-elected Speaker Adrienne E. Adams to lead the legislative body for a second two-year term.
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This week, the City announced a deal with Slate Property Group and RiseBoro Community Partnership to convert the former JFK Hilton Hotel in her Council District into the Baisley Pond Park Residences, which will provide 318 units of permanently affordable housing for low-income and formerly homeless New Yorkers. Governor Hochul contributed $48 million in state funding for the $167 million project.
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