In response to Mayor Adams’ letter calling for cuts to City Council grants to providers, Women’s Caucus Co-Chairs Amanda Farías and Farah Louis released the following statement:
“At a time when access to abortion and reproductive health care are under attack, we cannot afford attempts to cut funding from the organizations that provide these essential services.
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In response to Mayor Adams’ intention to cut City Council grant funding, the Black, Latino and Asian Caucus released the following statement:
“For years, the City Council has provided the grants to support non-profit service providers that communities of color rely upon as a lifeline. The mayor’s request to slash these resources for communities by 50% is counterproductive and would only harm the health and safety of the Black and brown New Yorkers he has proclaimed wanting to help.
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In response to Mayor Adams’ intention to cut funds from non-profit service providers, the LGBTQIA+ Caucus released the following statement from Co-Chairs Tiffany Cabán and Crystal Hudson.
“The Council has historically supported New York City’s LGBTQIA+ community and recently made immense strides to meaningfully improve the material conditions of our queer neighbors across the City, a commitment we intend to uphold by maintaining critical investments to community-based partners providing vital services.
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City Hall, NY – Today, the New York City Council released a report examining the Administration’s policies and efforts to provide critical services to people seeking asylum in New York City and longtime New Yorkers. The report includes a package of policy proposals aimed at improving short-term emergency relief efforts and addressing long-standing structural shortcomings in the City’s supportive services.
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In response to Mayor Adams referencing a letter his administration never delivered to the Council in his meeting with the New York Post editorial board that supposedly calls for 50% cuts to Council grants for non-profit organizations, the New York City Council released the following statement from a spokesperson.
“The Council has received no such letter from the administration.
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“I am heartbroken and deeply troubled by the death of another person in one of our city’s shelters, and extend my condolences to their family. The City has a responsibility to improve conditions across the shelter system to help prevent tragedies like this from occurring, providing the necessary support to keep people who have braved harrowing and traumatic journeys safe.
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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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