City Hall, NY – Today, Speaker Adrienne Adams delivered opening remarks at the Council’s Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises’ public hearing on the Department of City Planning’s Jamaica Neighborhood Plan proposal. In her remarks, Speaker Adams emphasized the importance of community planning and the Council’s role in the land use process to negotiate and secure affordable housing and neighborhood investments.
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Today, New York State Supreme Court Justice Mary Rosado issued a final decision declaring Mayor Adams’ administration’s Executive Order 50 illegal, blocking the reopening of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office on Rikers Island. Judge Rosado previously issued a preliminary injunction and Interim Temporary Restraining Order prohibiting the execution and negotiation of any Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) related to the executive order.
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Queens, NY – Today, New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams joined the King of Kings Foundation, local elected officials, and community leaders to unveil “Alyce L. Feurtado Way” at the intersection of 142nd Street and 106th Avenue. Feurtado was a longtime teacher at Concerned Parents of Jamaica Early Learning Center, where she worked for more than 20 years.
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Queens, NY – Today, New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, local elected officials, faith, and community and faith leaders unveiled a street sign co-naming 127th Street and Liberty Avenue as “Masjid Al Abidin Way.” Established in 1977 in Richmond Hill, Queens, Masjid Al Abidin was founded by Muslim immigrants from Guyana and the Caribbean as a spiritual home and hub for Islamic learning, worship, and cultural preservation.
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Harlem, NY – Today, New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, Council Members, leaders from New York City’s three library systems – Brooklyn Public Library (BPL), New York Public Library (NYPL), and Queens Public Library (QPL), and library patrons gathered at the Harlem Library to celebrate the expansion of 7-day library service to eleven branches beginning on Sunday, September 7.
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$250,000 will go towards long-running initiative supporting tens of thousands of children nationwide
City Hall, NY – Today, during the first week of the 2025-26 School Year for New York City Public Schools, the New York City Council celebrated the allocation of $250,000 in the City’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 budget for Operation Backpack, a Volunteers of America initiative providing students experiencing homelessness and poverty with backpacks, classroom school supplies, and other resources to support their education.
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Queens, NY – Today, on the first day of the 2025-26 School Year for New York City Public Schools, New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams celebrated capital funding investments secured for schools in her district in the City’s Fiscal Year 2026 budget. Speaker Adams allocated $1.7 million to public schools in Council District 28 to renovate school facilities, upgrade their technology, and improve student experiences.
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Pilot program, modeled after NYC Teaching Fellows, provides scholarships to nearly 100 aspiring social workers across CUNY schools to strengthen pipeline of workers needed to confront mental health crisis
Funding for the program was doubled in FY26 budget
City Hall, NY – In response to the growing mental health crisis in New York City and the workforce shortage limiting access to care, Speaker Adrienne Adams launched a new CUNY Social Work Fellows program to bolster the highly in-demand workforce.
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Today, the New York City Council filed its opposition to a motion Mayor Adams’ administration filed with the Appellate Division, First Department of the New York State Supreme Court to seek leave to file an appeal with the New York State’s Court of Appeals in the case regarding CityFHEPS Reform Laws. In July, the Appellate Division, First Department unanimously reversed a lower court decision and directed the mayor’s administration to implement the laws.
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Submitted ballot language hides proposals’ fundamental changes to remove New Yorkers’ power and voice in public land use decisions, which undermines neighborhood residents’ ability to secure more affordable housing and community benefits
City Hall, NY — Today, leaders from both the Majority and Minority conferences of the New York City Council urged the New York City Board of Elections (BOE) to reject three ballot proposals (Proposals 2, 3 and 4) submitted by Mayor Eric Adams’ Charter Revision Commission for the 2025 General Election, due to their deceptive and inaccurate language making them noncompliant with state law.
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