City Hall, NY – Ahead of the City Council’s Executive Budget hearing by the Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management and the Committee on Finance on Monday at 10 AM, the Council identified remaining gaps in funding for sanitation services within the Mayor’s Fiscal Year 2026 Executive Budget that leave key initiatives unfunded.
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“This year’s state budget makes strides towards tackling our city’s housing and affordability crisis and delivers on the state’s $1 billion commitment towards the Council’s City for All plan. This historic funding is essential to financing affordable housing development and preservation, and supporting Mitchell-Lamas, NYCHA, and HDFC cooperatives that need maintenance and repairs. We also appreciate the state’s first investment into the Housing Voucher Access Program, which will support New Yorkers experiencing housing instability to find a home to call their own.
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Queens, NY – Today, New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams joined community leaders and local small business owners to announce $50,000 in Council funding to provide supplemental cleanup services and a comprehensive action plan to improve the quality of life for small businesses and residents of Liberty Avenue in Southeast Queens. Speaker Adams’ $50,000 allocation, approved by the Council during its
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In response to the First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro’s announcement that low-income New York City families applying for childcare would be put on waitlists indefinitely following the proposed $350 million state allocation for childcare vouchers, New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and Council Member Justin Brannan released the following statement.
“Just days after proclaiming to have the ‘best budget ever,’ Randy Mastro and the mayor seem willing to give up on New York City’s working families in the face of adversity.
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Council also voted on legislation to preserve cap on fees restaurants are charged by delivery apps
City Hall – Today, the New York City Council voted to require the Department of Parks and Recreation to develop a plan for the prevention and mitigation of wildfires in New York City Parks. New York City’s parks, greenways, and natural areas are increasingly vulnerable to brush fires, especially during extended dry spells.
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“The Mayor’s Executive Budget, for the first time, includes funding for many of the priorities in the Council’s Preliminary Budget Response, which is a credit to our years of consistent budget advocacy with New Yorkers and stakeholders in pushing back on his budget cuts. This is how the budget process should work, but it’s disappointing that it took three years for this administration to become tired of being entirely on the wrong side of doing right by New Yorkers.
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Earlier today, the Mayor’s Charter Revision Commission released its preliminary report, which explores proposals related to housing production. In response, the New York City Council released the following statement from spokesperson Benjamin Fang-Estrada.
“Any changes to the City Charter to confront our city’s housing crisis must reflect the vast and diverse housing challenges that New Yorkers face.
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Bills would establish new city contracting agency, require faster payments, and strengthen accountability for delays
City Hall, NY – Today, New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, Council Members, and nonprofit service providers outlined legislative solutions to address longstanding nonprofit contract registration and payment delays that currently threaten the delivery of essential services New Yorkers rely on and the stability of nonprofit organizations.
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On Monday, Mayor Adams’ administration announced an additional $46 million in the Fiscal Year 2026 Executive Budget to finance 5,850 units of supportive housing, 4,550 of which will be newly built and 1,300 of which will be preserved. The administration also announced it will shift the focus of its 15/15 Supportive Housing Initiative to focus solely on congregate, single-site units.
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Today, New York State Supreme Court Judge Mary Rosado extended the Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) blocking Mayor Eric Adams’ administration from implementing Executive Order 50 that would facilitate the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency reopening an office on Rikers Island. The decision comes after Judge Rosado previously issued an interim TRO on April 21 prohibiting the execution and negotiation of any Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) related to the executive order.
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