Brooklyn, NY – Today, New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and Council Member Rita Joseph joined NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County CEO Sheldon McLeod to announce an $8 million capital funding allocation in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 budget to the public hospital. The funding will support the expansion and renovation of the hospital’s Level 1 Trauma Center and primary care practice.
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New bill would establish minimum pay standards, benefits, and safety training for security guards
City Hall, NY –At Thursday’s Council stated meeting, New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and Council Member Crystal Hudson introduced the Aland Etienne Safety and Security Act. The proposed bill is in honor of Aland Etienne, a 32BJ SEIU union member and security guard who was killed while guarding the lobby of 345 Park Avenue in the July 2025 Midtown shooting.
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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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