This Week in the New York City Government: May 23, 2025
Mayor Adams
- Mayor Adams, Corporation Counsel Goode-Trufant Successfully Stop Long Island-Based Company from Selling Illegal E-Cigarette, Vape Products
- Mayor Adams Announces Full New York Knicks Postseason Has Potential to Generate $832 Million in Economic Activity from Home Games
- Mayor Adams Announces Partnership with Restaurants and Cultural Institutions to Offer Discounts to Active Military and Veterans as “Veterans and Service Members’ Week” Continues
- Mayor Adams, Governor Hochul Announce Office-to-Housing Transformation at 5 Times Square to Create up to 1,250 Homes, Including 313 Affordable Units
- Mayor Adams, NYCEDC Announce Consortium to Design and Operate Cutting-Edge Climate Innovation HUB at Brooklyn Army Terminal
- New York City to Host “Homecoming of Heroes,” First Major-City Ticker Tape Parade Honoring Post-9/11 Combat Veterans and Their Families
- Mayor Adams Announces New Investments, Totaling Over $400 Million, to Fully Fund Transformation of Fifth Avenue into World-Class, Pedestrian Centered Boulevard as Part of “Best Budget Ever”
- Mayor Adams Temporarily Co-Names NYC Streets After New York Knicks Players, as Team Advances to 2025 Eastern Conference Finals
- Mayor Adams Announces Artist and Unveils Designs for New Memorial Honoring Fallen Post-9/11 Service Members
- Mayor Adams Celebrates Progress Closing Illegal Smoke Shops, Turning Vacant Storefronts Into Legal, Small Businesses
- Mayor Adams, City Planning Kick Off Public Review on MTA Project to Create Nearly 700 Homes Above Future 125th Street Subway Stop
- Mayor Adams, DSS, NYCEDC, and DCAS Celebrate Opening of State-of-the-Art Broadway Junction Commercial Development, Deliver Consolidated Social Services in High-Need Community
- Mayor Adams Praises Decision to Allow Empire Wind 1 Project to Move Forward
- New York City and Israel Sign Declaration of Intent to Launch NYC-Israel Economic Council
- Mayor Adams Takes Action to Get More Veterans Housed and Good Jobs, “Kicks Off Veterans and Service Members’ Week”
- Mayor Adams Invites City, State, and Federal Elected Officials to Ride Along with Subway Outreach Teams During Midnight Shifts
City Council
- NYC Council Identifies Funding Gaps in Mayor’s Fiscal Year 2026 Executive Budget for Public Hospitals Ahead of Thursday Hearing
- Statement from Speaker Adrienne Adams on the Killing of Two Israeli Embassy Staff in Washington, D.C.
- NYC Council Identifies Expense and Capital Funding Gaps for Libraries and Cultural Organizations in Mayor’s FY26 Executive Budget Ahead of Wednesday Hearing
- NYC Council Identifies Funding Gaps for Education in Mayor’s Executive Budget
- NYC Council Identifies Funding Gaps in Mayor’s Fiscal Year 2026 Executive Budget for Children and Youth Programs During Monday Hearing
- Speaker Adrienne Adams’ Office, Family Members, and Community Leaders Unveil “Raymond ‘Freaky Tah’ Rogers Way”
- NYC Council Identifies Funding Gaps for Domestic Violence, Social Services and Food Assistance Programs in Mayor’s Executive Budget
