Council votes to remove barriers to supportive housing access for New Yorkers with justice system involvement and mental illness
Council also voted to codify Cooling Center program into law with standards and improve child care program safety
City Hall, NY – Today, the New York City Council approved the Midtown South Mixed-Use Plan, the largest residential neighborhood rezoning plan in two decades that is slated to create nearly 10,000 new housing units.
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Legislation is third phase of Council’s comprehensive effort to increase safety, transparency, and wage standards for delivery sector
City Hall, NY — Today, three bills passed by the New York City Council one month ago to expand protections for delivery workers became law, after the mayor failed to take action within 30 days of their passage.
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Introduction 1135-A and Introduction 1133-A were passed by Council with veto-proof majority to provide grocery delivery workers with similar protections as food delivery app workforce
In response to Mayor Adams vetoing Introduction 1135-A and Introduction 1133-A, blocking grocery delivery workers with companies like Instacart and Amazon from receiving similar wage and workplace protections as food delivery workers (veto message here), the New York City Council issued the following statement from a spokesperson, Julia Agos:
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Council’s approval of historic Midtown neighborhood rezoning is largest residential rezoning in 20 years, building on record of advancing housing solutions to address affordability crisis
City Hall, NY – Today, the New York City Council’s Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises and Committee on Land Use voted to approve the Midtown South Mixed-Use Plan (MSMX), a neighborhood rezoning that will bring over 9,500 new homes, including over 2,800 permanently affordable homes, to the Manhattan districts of Council Member Erik Bottcher and Council Member Keith Powers.
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Funding consistently sought by Council and advocates, recommended by Independent Rikers Commission’s Blueprint to Close Rikers, is finally available after years of delayed investments have led to inflated jail population and increased jail-related deaths
City Hall, NY — Today, New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, Council Members, advocates, and New Yorkers impacted by Rikers jails celebrated newly expanded mental health and safety investments secured in the City’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 budget and called on Mayor Adams’ administration to urgently implement them, as intended, to stem the ongoing mental health and jail crises.
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More than 30 branches across the city will offer seven-day service beginning September 7
$2 million expansion secured in city budget first proposed by NYC Council Speaker Adrienne Adams
City Hall, NY — Beginning September 7, 11 additional library branches across New York City will now offer service on Sundays, as a result of new operational funding secured in the City’s Fiscal Year 2026 budget.
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City Hall, NY – Today, New York City Council legislation to prevent immigration legal services fraud, including Introduction 205-A and Introduction 980-A, automatically became law, after the mayor took no action within 30 days of their being passed. Together, the new laws will help protect New Yorkers from being the victims of fraud by immigration legal services providers falsely advertising services.
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Bill was passed by Council with 40 votes
In response to Mayor Adams vetoing Introduction 47-B late last night, the New York City Council issued the following statement from a spokesperson, Julia Agos:
“Int. 47-B implements a recommendation of the City’s Street Vendor Advisory Board, a collection of the city’s business, immigrant rights, real estate, and vendor leaders that developed solutions to improve the environment of vending for everyone’s benefit.
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City Hall, NY – Today, Council Members Gale Brewer and Kevin Riley celebrated their legislation that expands public access to school playgrounds and basketball courts automatically becoming law, after inaction by the mayor within 30 days of their passage. Introduction 566-B, sponsored by Council Member Gale Brewer, will increase public access to school playgrounds on weekends and during after school hours, prioritizing environmental justice neighborhoods.
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“I extend my solemn condolences to the loved ones of those murdered in tonight’s horrific Midtown Manhattan shooting, including NYPD Officer Islam and several other New Yorkers. My heart is with the victims’ loved ones, all those affected by this traumatic incident, and the entire NYPD family, and I pray for the recovery of the injured.
“This horrible act leaves us angry to once again mourn yet another display of senseless gun violence that has repeatedly harmed our city and the entire nation.
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