“A Charter Revision Commission is a serious process that should provide legitimate ways for the public to raise issues and improve the City Charter. The undertaking by this Commission, as evidenced by this product, is wholly unserious. Via the Preliminary Staff Report, the Commission has shown a lack of understanding of the legislative process, the charter, and the law, or is intentionally failing to provide the public with total clarity.
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With the elimination of 7-day service already affecting the three library systems, further cuts threaten to eliminate Saturday service, staffing, programs, and other services
New York – With the looming June 30th deadline approaching, New York City Council Members, the Brooklyn Public Library (BPL), the Queens Public Library (QPL), New York Public Library (NYPL), and library supporters and advocates rallied at the BPL’s Walt Whitman Branch and QPL’s Flushing Branch to call on Mayor Adams to fully restore $58.3 million in funding for all three library systems in the Fiscal Year 2025 city budget.
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Mayor’s budget cuts threaten funds for city parks staffing and maintenance
City Hall, NY – With a looming June 30 city budget deadline, New York City Council leaders were joined by parks advocates at Morningside Park to rally for the restoration of funding to the city’s public parks, which have faced cuts in the mayor’s proposed budget.
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Cuts threatens staff, programming, and services at hundreds of arts and culture organizations long-term
City Hall, NY – With a looming June 30 city budget deadline, New York City Council leaders, joined by many iconic and community-based New York City arts and cultural institutions, rallied at City Hall to call on Mayor Adams’ Administration to prioritize fully restoring cuts to arts and culture in the budget.
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Contends that any comprehensive review of city’s constitution focused on fiscal responsibility and public safety should consider two proposals – one to expand budget transparency and other to ensure adequate CCRB budget
City Hall, NY – Today, New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams submitted written testimony to the Charter Revision Commission, urging the Commission to follow through on its obligation to undertake a serious and thorough review of the entire City Charter and adequately engage the public.
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Council also voted to honor community leaders through the co-naming of 100 thoroughfares and public spaces, renaming of Marcus Garvey Square in The Bronx, and designation of Flake Legacy Day to commemorate Rev. Drs. Floyd and Elaine Flake
City Hall – Today, the New York City Council voted to strengthen residential building safety by establishing a risk based structural inspection system to identify hazardous buildings, using predictive analytics to weigh factors including but not limited to building data, violation history, compliance filings, and disciplinary history of registered design professionals.
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Administration’s failure to agree on investments would leave thousands of preschool-aged children and families without access to needed childcare and legally required services
City Hall, NY – Days ahead of the impending June 30 city budget deadline, New York City Council leaders, unions representing education workers, parents of preschool children, and early childhood education providers and advocates rallied at City Hall to call on the Mayor to agree to restorations of cuts and investments in early childhood education programs.
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Tonight, at its final public hearing, the Rent Guidelines Board voted to authorize 2.75% rent increases for one-year leases and 5.25% increases for two-year leases of rent-stabilized units. In response, Speaker Adrienne Adams issued the following statement.
“At a time when New Yorkers are struggling to afford to stay in their homes and communities, this is a rent hike that will place too many of the nearly one million rent-stabilized tenants at risk of housing instability.
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Today, the Institute on Race, Power, and Political Economy at the New School and the Center for Community Uplift at Brookings released a report which found that subways and buses, which serve a higher rate of low-income riders of color, are subsidized significantly less per trip than other modes of public transportation, including NYC Ferry, whose ridership skew whiter and more affluent.
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Ahead of the Rent Guidelines Board’s final public meeting and vote on Monday, June 17, Speaker Adrienne Adams released the following statement.
“New York City remains in the throes of a severe housing shortage and affordability crisis, record-high homelessness, and rising evictions that continues to push working- and middle-class families into dire situations and out of our city.
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