This Week in New York City Government

Mayor:

• Mayor de Blasio Appoints Herminia Palacio as Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services and Announces New Deputy Mayor Assignments
• Mayor de Blasio Appoints Lisette Camilo as Commissioner of Department of Citywide Administrative Services
• Mayor de Blasio Announces Changes in His Communications Lineup
• Mayor de Blasio Appoints New Commissioners to Commission on Gender Equity
• Hope Knight Named as New City Planning Commissioner
• All Flags to Fly at Half-Staff Tomorrow in Honor of Former Chief Judge Judith Kaye 
• Mayor de Blasio Announces Guaranteed $15 Minimum Wage for all City Government Employees – Benefiting 50,000 Additional New Yorkers
• Mayor de Blasio Moves to Divest from Assault Weapon Manufacturers
• Mayor de Blasio Signs Paid Parental Leave Personnel Order for NYC Workers
• As Part of Homeless Services Restructuring, Mayor de Blasio Expands Effort to Improve Shelter Conditions
• Mayor de Blasio Announces Three-Year Plan to Permanently End Use of Clusters as Homeless Shelters
• Federal Government Announces New York City Has Ended Chronic Veteran Homelessness
• Mayor de Blasio Signs Legislation Expanding the New York City Human Rights Law to Protect Caregivers from Employment Discrimination
• New York City Files Amicus Brief Defending Women’s Right to Access Safe and Legal Abortion Services
• Mayor de Blasio Aims to Digitize Old City Records
• Mayor de Blasio, Senator Schumer, Commissioners Menin and Trottenberg Remind Employers, Straphangers – Commuter Benefits Law in Effect as of January 1
• Mayor de Blasio Appoints 26 Judges to Family, Criminal and Civil Court
• Mayor de Blasio and Citi Bike Announce Record-Breaking 10 Million Trips in 2015
• Mayor de Blasio and Fire Commissioner Nigro Announce 17 Percent Decline in Fire Deaths in 2015
• Mayor de Blasio Announces Tentative Contract Agreement with Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association

Citywide and Borough Electeds:

• Comptroller Stringer Calls on the City’s Department for the Aging to Improve Services for Emerging Immigrant Senior Citizen Communities
• ​Comptroller Stringer and Human Resources Administration Commissioner Banks Announce an Overhaul of City’s HIV/Aids Housing
• Comptroller Stringer Announces Reforms to Bring the City’s Procurement Process into the 21st Century
• Public Advocate James Announces Major New Housing Legislation
• Manhattan Borough President Brewer Invites Manhattanites to Serve on Solid Waste Advisory Board
• Brooklyn Borough President Adams Invited to Nationally-Televise Town Hall with President Obama on “Guns In America”
• Brooklyn Borough President Adams Unveils Recommendations on East New York Community Plan
• Borough President Oddo and Build it Back Announce Concentrated Effort to Help Sandy Homeowners Relocate During Construction

City Agencies

• Health Commissioner Submits Affidavit in Support of Sodium Warning Rule
• NYCEDC Releases December 2015 Economic Snapshot
• Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York Releases 2015 Year in Review Report
• New York City Council Releases Fourth Annual Food Metrics Report (pdf)
• The NYC Venture Capital Year in Review: 2015

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