This Week in New York City Government

Mayor:

• Mayor de Blasio Details Latest Plans for the Brooklyn Queens Connector, A New 21st Century Transit Service
  
• Mayor de Blasio Joins Outreach Efforts in Subway to Encourage Homeless New Yorkers to go to Shelter
• Mayor De Blasio, Council Speaker Mark-Viverito, Immigrant Affairs Commissioner Agarwal Host Roundtable with Community and Ethnic Media
• De Blasio Administration Celebrates Fashion Week With One-Year Update on ‘MADE IN NY’ Expansion to Fashion Industry, New Initiative to Connect Local Designers to Trade Shows
• Mayor de Blasio Increasing Penalties for Safety Hazards, Launching New Enforcement Sweeps

Citywide and Borough Electeds:

• Comptroller Stringer Audit Reveals City Owns More than 1,100 Vacant Lots that could be Used to Build Affordable Housing
• Brooklyn Borough President Adams and Medgar Evers College President Crew Join Forces to Lift Up Thousands of Brooklyn Students Through Groundbreaking “Pipeline” Program

City Agencies:

• NYCEDC Launches Urban Tech NYC to Support Companies Building Smart And Sustainable Cities

This Week in New York State Government

Want more news? View previous versions:

• This Week in New York City Government: February 12, 2016
• This Week in New York City Government: February 5, 2016

Sign up for our weekly newsletter here to keep up with the latest news in NYS.