City Hall, NY – With an expected increase of people seeking asylum arriving in New York City due to the end of Title 42, and the Council today convening the Committee of the Whole to hold a historic two-day hearing on the City’s response, Speaker Adrienne Adams released the following statement:
“Over the past several months, New York City has worked to pool its resources and accommodate the arrival of tens of thousands of new migrants.
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Speaker’s Planning & Land Use Toolkit and Housing Agenda offer comprehensive actions to tackle affordable housing shortage with equitable and responsible development
New York, NY– Today, New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams released her Housing Agenda to Confront the City’s Crisis and announced plans for the Council to pass legislation establishing a citywide Fair Housing Framework with targeted goals for each community district, ensuring every neighborhood contributes fairly to building affordable housing in the nation’s largest city.
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“We need a municipal government that works for the people of this city, achieved by ensuring agencies are adequately staffed and supported so they can successfully provide essential services for New Yorkers. A city often more focused on wasteful contracts than fixing its core workforce shortage will not get us there. Understaffing and underspending on the most critical services for New Yorkers at key agencies that can confront the crises facing our city is not efficiency.
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Council also passes legislation to improve design of ranked choice voting ballots, reduce catalytic converter theft and establish program to reduce flooding through expanded access to backwater valves
City Hall, NY – Today, the Council voted on legislation to expand career pipelines into the municipal workforce. One bill requires the Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) to establish a civil service ambassador program that provides educational materials to populations that would benefit from joining the civil service and learning about the its examination process.
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This $4.4 million effort is part of CUNY Reconnect, a program to encourage New Yorkers with college credits to complete their degrees.
3,000 former students re-enrolled this semester and more than 10,000 students have been contacted.
Jamaica, NY – New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams joined Chancellor Félix V.
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“Voters sent Council Member Kagan to the Council as a member of the majority conference and this drastic about-face seriously calls into question his commitment to the policy priorities of our conference that will impact his committee roles, particularly his chairmanship given the fact that he is joining a party that denies climate change. New Yorkers have expectations for their representatives to carry the values that they were elected to prioritize over politics.
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“I congratulate Congressman Hakeem Jeffries on being elected as House Democratic Leader and becoming the first Black lawmaker to lead any party in Congress. From the New York State Assembly to the United States House of Representatives, Congressman Jeffries has honorably served communities in Brooklyn and Queens for many years. New York City and the entire country are grateful for his leadership.
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“There is no question that our city is in the midst of a mental health crisis fueled by the pandemic’s impact on our collective health and by the disruption of access to mental health care and services. The pandemic exacerbated existing challenges created by decades of disinvestment from mental health infrastructure. Our city needs a robust response to this crisis, but how we respond matters greatly.
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“Love is love, and all Americans deserve the right to marry the person they love without undue restrictions from government. With the United States Senate’s passage of the bipartisan Respect for Marriage Act, our country is sending a clear message that marriage equality is an inalienable right for all that is supported by Democrats, Republicans, and Independents alike. The Supreme Court has already stripped away the federal right to safely access abortion and reproductive health care, and indicated that other rights, including same sex marriage, could be next on the chopping block.
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New York, NY – Speaker Adrienne Adams and the New York City Council celebrated a five-bill legislative package to improve diversity within the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) being signed into law today.
The bills in the package — sponsored by Speaker Adams, Council Member Joann Ariola, Council Member Kevin Riley and Council Member Nantasha Williams — seek to address the historic lack of racial and gender diversity in the FDNY.
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