Mayor Adams

Mayor Eric Adams’ administration and the City Council has reached a deal on a bill to allow year-round outdoor dining...

Mayor Adams makes history, joins post Eid celebration in Gracie Mansion

The Mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, has joined in the post Eid celebration with the Muslim community in...

Mayor Adams extends successful water bill debt forgiveness program

Mayor Eric Adams has announced an extension to what the city is calling a successful debt forgiveness program. The Water...

Mayor Adams extends successful water bill debt forgiveness program

Mayor Eric Adams has announced an extension to what the city is calling a successful debt forgiveness program. The Water...

Mayor Adams announces expansion of mental health services in NYC

Mayor Adams has released a 72-page plan, that laid out an ambitious mental health action plan that he says will...

Mayor Adams demands Albany action on surge of illegal marijuana shops around NYC

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Mayor Eric Adams is demanding action from Albany on the surge of illegal marijuana shops popping up all around...

Adams names New York City’s first public realm officer

Mayor Eric Adams has appointed the city's first chief public realm officer, a newly created role that will oversee a...

Mayor Adams facilitates solat space at City Hall for Muslim employees

The Mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, has facilitated a solat space at City Hall for his Muslim employees....

Mayor Adams announces CRMYA program to connect 3,000 students with paid multi-year apprenticeship

New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Education (DOE) Chancellor David C. Banks have announced...

Police unions feud with Adams over smartphones remark

Two of the city’s police unions took umbrage with Mayor Eric Adams Wednesday after he said he was “disappointed” in...

5 key takeaways from Adams’ executive budget

Mayor Eric Adams has outlined his latest version of the city’s next budget, revising from a preliminary spending plan released...

Adams pledges more money for homeless services

The city will allocate an additional $171 million a year to combat homelessness beginning in October, Mayor Eric Adams announced...

Adams marks first Earth Day with focus on buildings emissions

At the Fairview co-op in Forest Hills, Queens, there’s a focus on the future as the climate crisis grows. “What...

Mayor Adams picks Jessica Tisch to lead city’s Sanitation Department

Jessica Tisch, the former head of the city’s Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications, has been named the next sanitation...

Adams announces plans to expand gifted, talented program

The city will expand its gifted and talented program, promising to create seats in neighborhoods that historically had few. The...

Adams defends policing policies in wake of subway mass shooting arrest

Mayor Eric Adams joined Ruschell Boone, Dean Meminger and Anthony Pascale on NY1 Wednesday to discuss the arrest of Frank...

Adams designates Juneteenth a paid city holiday

Juneteenth will be a paid city holiday this year for the first time in the five boroughs’ history, Mayor Eric...

Eric Adams makes plea for mayoral control of NYC schools

Mayor Eric Adams on Sunday urged state lawmakers on Sunday to pass legislation allowing him to continue managing New York...

NYC Council measure to demand Adams rehire unvaccinated city workers

A Staten Island pol is amassing City Council support to formally demand Mayor Eric Adams rehire the 1,430 municipal employees...

Adams pressed on crime, other challenges in first 100 days in office

Mayor Adams said he’s been working around the clock to improve the city that never sleeps. “It’s not a 9-to-5...

Adams hopes to lift toddler mask mandate ‘within a week or so’ if COVID stats allow

Mayor Eric Adams hopes to lift the city’s mask mandate for toddlers “within a week or so,” but his decision...

Adams backs firing of city attorney who denounced pre-K mask mandate

Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday stood by the New York City Law Department's decision to fire an attorney who interrupted...

City lawyer fired after protesting Adams’ mask mandate for toddlers

The city’s youngest students continued to wear their masks Monday, after Mayor Eric Adams dropped his initial plan to end...

Mayor Adams caters to both wealthy and working-class in delicate balancing act

Mayor Adams has been hitting red carpets and partying with the rich and famous at night while highlighting the realities...

Remote work ‘draining’ New York City’s economy – Mayor Adams

Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday renewed his call for an end to working from home policies, arguing remote work was...

Mayor Adams defends his policing strategies, pointing to children victimized by violence

The surveillance video shows a woman, holding a toddler’s hand, being robbed at gunpoint inside an apartment building. While the...

Fired NYC workers want to sue Adams over athlete vaccine exemption: lawyers

Scores of workers who got fired for refusing to comply with the city’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates are eager to sue...

Marist poll: 61% of NYC residents approve of Adams’ performance as mayor

More than half of New York City residents are happy with the job Mayor Eric Adams has done during his...

Mayor Adams, NYC Parks mark milestone toward recovery with over 100 projects starting construction this spring

New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Parks and Recreation Commissioner Sue Donoghue today announced...

NYC continues Summer Rising enrichment program, adding more seats and hours