Mayor Adams Opens Affordable Homes on Former Site of Spofford Juvenile Detention Center, Where He Was Once Held

First Residential Building of New Mixed-Use Development Includes 183 Deeply Affordable Homes and Cultural Arts Center, With Studio Space for Emerging Artists. Project Will Ultimately Deliver 740 Affordable Homes, Childcare, Wellness Facility, and Supermarket, Replacing Notorious Detention Facility Closed in 2011.

Mayor Adams Opens Affordable Homes on Former Site of Spofford Juvenile Detention Center, Where He Was Once Held

Rendering of The Peninsula campus on the site of the former Spofford Juvenile Detention Center in Hunts Point. Credit: WXY Studios NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams today continued efforts to provide New Yorkers with affordable housing options by opening 183 deeply affordable units, in addition to a cultural arts center, on the former site […]

Mayor Adams Outlines Blueprint for ‘Housing our Neighbors’ Plan to get New Yorkers Into Safe, High-Quality, Affordable Homes

Mayor Adams Outlines Blueprint for ‘Housing our Neighbors’ Plan to get New Yorkers Into Safe, High-Quality, Affordable Homes

Crafted With Insight From New Yorkers Who Experienced Homelessness, Blueprint Focuses Not Just on Creating Homes but Also on Getting New Yorkers Into Them More Quickly First City Housing Plan to Cover Entire Spectrum of New Yorkers’ Housing Needs and Options — Including City-Subsidized Affordable Housing, Public Housing, Private Market-Rate Housing, and Greater Supports for […]

‘We’re Democrats, Not Socialists’: Adams Vs. AOC in Proxy War Over Albany

‘We’re Democrats, Not Socialists’: Adams Vs. AOC in Proxy War Over Albany

New York, NY – June 11, 2022: Mayor Eric Adams marches alone with thousands of people across Brooklyn Bridge against gun violence. March ended with rally in Lower Manhattan (Shutterstock) By Carl Campanile and Bernadette Hogan, NY Post Mayor Eric Adams is putting his political muscle behind veteran state Assembly incumbents being challenged by socialist […]

Become a New York City Sanitation Worker! For Your Community. For Your Family. For You.

Sanitation Worker Exam Filing Period Opens June 8

Become a New York City Sanitation Worker! For Your Community. For Your Family. For You.

Photo by PP/IQ Inc. Today, Mayor Eric Adams, the New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY), and the NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) announced that the filing period for the next Sanitation Worker exam will run from June 8 to June 28 and encouraged all interested in the opportunity to register. “The lifetime […]

Mayor Adams Reappoints Annabel Palma as Commissioner and Chair of NYC Commission on Human Rights

Mayor Adams Reappoints Annabel Palma as Commissioner and Chair of NYC Commission on Human Rights

New York City, NY May 30, 2022. NYC Mayor Eric Adams attends the Memorial Day Ceremony at the Intrepid. (Shutterstock) NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams today announced the reappointment of Annabel Palma as commissioner and chair of the New York City Commission on Human Rights (CCHR). Palma will continue to lead the […]

Combating Crime: Mayor Adams and Attorney General James Announce Take Down of Massive Retail Theft and Crime Operation

Joint NYPD and OAG Investigation Charges 41 People for Stealing Millions of Dollars in Luxury and Drug Store Goods and Reselling them on eBay

Combating Crime: Mayor Adams and Attorney General James Announce Take Down of Massive Retail Theft and Crime Operation

New York, NY – May 26, 2022: Mayor Eric Adams speaks during joint announcement with Attorney General Letitia James at AG New York office. (Shutterstock) NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced the takedown of a massive retail theft operation in New York City that […]

Eric Adams Defends His New Gun Czar Despite Group’s Mismanagement

“You’re talking about DOI? I’m talking about DOA,” says mayor of Department of Investigation probe that found financial impropriety and nepotism at Andre Mitchell’s Man Up! organization.

Eric Adams Defends His New Gun Czar Despite Group’s Mismanagement

New York City, NY June 1, 2022. NYC Mayor Eric Adams attends the FDNY as they celebrate Medal Day where members of the NYC Fire Department receive awards for their heroic work in the past year. (Shutterstock) By Greg B. Smith, THE CITY With shootings on the rise in New York City, Mayor Eric Adams […]

Mayor Adams Outlines Vision for “City of Yes,” Plan for Citywide Zoning Initiatives to Support Small Businesses, Create New Housing, Promote Sustainability

Three Citywide Zoning Text Amendments Will Support Small Businesses and Accelerate City’s Economic Recovery, Tackle Housing Shortage and Create Affordable Housing, and Accelerate Transition to Renewable Energy Beginning in Bronx and Brooklyn, City Will Plan for Next Generation of Economic Hubs in All Five Boroughs, Take Steps to Cut Red Tape While Investing in Communities and Centering Equity

Mayor Adams Outlines Vision for “City of Yes,” Plan for Citywide Zoning Initiatives to Support Small Businesses, Create New Housing, Promote Sustainability

By NYC.gov NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams today laid out a plan to use the city’s zoning tools to support small businesses, create affordable housing, and promote sustainability — part of his vision for New York to become a more inclusive, equitable “City of Yes.” The plan, announced this morning at the […]