Legislation advanced to allow workers’ expanded use of earned safe and sick time for childcare, caregiving, applying for benefits or responding to a public disaster 

During Climate Week, Council also voted to strengthen long-term environmental justice and sustainability planning

City Hall, NY – The New York City Council voted to approve the NYC Health + Hospitals (H+H) Just Home proposal with the Fortune Society to develop supportive housing on the hospital’s campus for New Yorkers exiting the justice system with chronic and complex medical needs who would otherwise experience homelessness.

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New initiative will pay for 3,500 surgeries, easing financial barriers for low-income New Yorkers, relieving overwhelmed shelters, and getting cats off the street

City Hall, NY — Today, the New York City Council voted to allocate $500,000 in Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 budget funding to launch a new program expanding affordable spay and neuter services to reduce cat overpopulation that has overwhelmed rescuers and shelters, while providing affordable services for low-income cat-owners.

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“As we welcome Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, I extend warm wishes to all New Yorkers who are celebrating. Rosh Hashanah reminds us of the strength of our communities, the importance of renewal, and the hope we collectively share for a brighter future. May the year 5786 be full of peace, health, and prosperity for all. Shana Tova U’Metukah!”

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Today, the Council’s Subcommittee on Landmarks, Public Sitings, and Dispositions held a hearing on NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi’s Just Home proposal to provide permanent housing and supportive, wrap-around services for New Yorkers with complex medical needs who would otherwise experience homelessness after leaving the justice system. In response to reports that First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro ordered New York City Health + Hospitals (H+H) officials not to testify at the hearing on its own land use application, the second public hearing this week where agencies were absent, New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams issued the following statement.

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City leaders highlight how Trump administration’s continued, extreme actions to separate families and target city’s immigrant communities undermine public safety

Council emphasizes over $80 million for immigration legal services secured in budget as critical to safeguard New Yorkers’ civil rights

City Hall, NY – Today, New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, Council Members, and civil rights advocates held a press conference highlighting the New York State Supreme Court’s final decision that invalidated Mayor Adams’ executive order to open an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office on Rikers Island.

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“Today, on the solemn 24th anniversary of the tragic events that unfolded on September 11, 2001, we honor the memories of the thousands of lives taken too soon, and we acknowledge the ongoing grief of their families and loved ones. We must also continue to pay tribute to the first responders, rescue workers, and everyday New Yorkers who ran towards danger to save lives.

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Council also passes legislation to advance the closure of Rikers Island and establish a permanent program providing legal services to survivors of domestic violence in divorce proceedings

City Hall – Today, the New York City Council voted to override Mayor Adams’ vetoes of Introduction 47-B, Introduction 1133-A, and Introduction 1135-A, legislation that together will repeal the excessive misdemeanor criminal penalties for street vending and extend the same wage and workplace protections food delivery workers currently enjoy to grocery delivery workers.

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The legislation comes from recommendations put forward by the Independent Rikers Commission to advance the closure of Rikers Island

City Hall, NY – Today, the New York City Council voted to pass legislation that would provide technology for people in custody to review their case materials, require clinical assessments of people in custody upon request, and mandate the establishment of a mayoral office solely dedicated to the permanent closure of Rikers Island and transition to the borough based-jail system.

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City Hall, NY – Today, Speaker Adrienne Adams delivered remarks at the New York City Council’s press conference ahead of its Stated Meeting to address Mayor Adams’ misleading ballot proposals. The Speaker’s remarks touched upon the Council’s efforts to pass City of Yes and neighborhood rezonings, secure billions of dollars in housing and community investments, and the mayor’s blocking of senior housing at Elizabeth Street Garden and FDNY-EMS pay parity.

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Following the New York City Board of Elections’ vote to certify Mayor Adams’ ballot proposals, a spokesperson for the New York City Council, Julia Agos, issued the following statement:

“Trying to deceive voters into giving away their power in a democracy through misleading ballot proposals that hide their true impact is fundamentally undemocratic.

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