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The City of New York mourns the loss of team member Pedro Frisneda

The City of New York is grieving the sudden loss of Venezuelan American Pedro Frisneda, who passed away on April 20, 2024, at the age of 53. Pedro Frisneda held significant roles within the city, serving as the Associate Director … Read More

Mayor Adams launches $25 million facility for minority-women-owned businesses

New York City Mayor Eric Adams, Deputy Mayor for Housing, Economic, and Workforce Development Maria Torres-Springer, and Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation President and CEO Lindsay Greene announced on March 7, 2024, a new, total cost $25 million state-of-the-art manufacturing, incubator, and accelerator facility — AYO Labs at the Brooklyn Navy Yard — focused on … Read More

Mayor Eric Adams meets ethnic and community media at City Hall

Photos credit: Isseu Diouf Campbell Mayor Eric Adams met members of the ethnic and community press at City Hall on January 6, 2023, to discuss his first year as the head of the City of New York. Mayor Eric Adams, … Read More

City to provide additional $1.65 million to support newly arrived Haitian New Yorkers

Photo credit: Ed Reed New York City Mayor Eric Adams and the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA) Commissioner Manuel Castro today announced an additional $1.65 million in funding for Fiscal Year 2023 to help newly arrived Haitian New Yorkers … Read More

Mayor Eric Adams celebrates Juneteenth at Gracie Mansion

Photos credit: Isseu Diouf Campbell New York City Mayor Eric Adams hosted a reception celebrating Juneteenth on June 16, 2022, at Gracie Mansion.      During his speech, Mayor Adams invited leaders of African descent to focus on their … Read More

Applications for Gifted & Talented programs to open on May 31st

New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Education (DOE) Chancellor David C. Banks today announced that applications for the expanded kindergarten and third grade Gifted & Talented programs will open next Tuesday, May 31, 2022. … Read More

Mayor Eric Adams shares roadmap to a safer and more equitable New York in first State of the City address

Photos credit: Isseu Diouf Campbell On April 26, 2022, with pictures of his late mother Dorothy Mae Adams-Streeter and the first Black mayor of New York City, David Dinkins, by his side, new mayor Eric Adams outlined his vision for … Read More

Mayor Eric Adams announces $2 million in funding to help residing and newly arrived Ukrainian New Yorkers

Photos credit: Isseu Diouf Campbell New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA) Commissioner Manuel Castro announced on April 22, 2022, that the New York City will provide more than $2 million in funding to … Read More

Mayors Adams Suspends Key to NYC and Removes Mask Mandate in NYC Public Schools for K-12 Students

In the face of quickly declining COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations and more than 17 million doses of vaccines administered, Mayor Eric Adams announced on February 4, 2022 the suspension of the Key to NYC program and the removal of indoor … Read More

New Yorkers with Type 2 Diabetes, Hypertension, Heart Disease and other Chronic Conditions now have city-wide access to Lifestyle Medicine Services

Photo credit: Michael Appleton New York City Mayor Eric Adams and NYC Health + Hospitals (H+H) announced this week the expansion of groundbreaking lifestyle medicine services at six public health care sites across New York City — the most comprehensive … Read More

Mayor Adams unveils plan to curb gun violence in New York City

Photo credit: Michael Appleton New York City Mayor Eric Adams released on January 24, 2022, a “Blueprint to End Gun Violence” in New York City, which lays out numerous policy proposals Mayor Adams is seeking to implement to curb the … Read More

NYC Mayor Eric Adams warns killers during press conference at Harlem Hospital

Photos credit: Isseu Diouf Campbell On January 22, 2022, Mayor Eric Adams warned killers in New York City during a press conference held with Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell at Harlem Hospital following the shooting of two NYPD officers in Harlem. … Read More

City launches relief fund to support New Yorkers impacted by Bronx fire

Photo credit: Michael Appleton Mayor Eric Adams and the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City today announced the launch of the Bronx Fire Relief Fund to support those affected by the recent apartment building fire in the Bronx. “Yesterday’s … Read More

Mayor Eric Adams signs “Small Business Forward” to help small businesses deal with violations

Photo credit: Ed Reed Mayor Eric Adams signed this week the “Small Business Forward” Executive Order to reform existing business regulations, ensuring local businesses face fewer needless fines and penalties. The Executive Order builds upon Local Law 80 and calls … Read More