
This Week in the New York City Government: June 6, 2025

Mayor Adams
- Mayor Adams Invests $50 Million to Further Revitalize “The Arches,” Public Space on Manhattan Side of Brooklyn Bridge
- Mayor Adams, Chancellor Aviles Ramos Announce $128 Million in New Investments to Stabilize School Budgets for 2025–2026 School Year
- Mayor Adams, Chancellor Aviles Ramos Announce Historic New Inclusive Early Childhood Center in Brooklyn to Open This Fall
- Mayor Adams, Macy’s 4th Of July Fireworks Announce Fireworks Display Will Return to Brooklyn Bridge and East River as Nation’s Largest Independence Day Celebration Takes Place During New York City’s 400th Anniversary
- Mayor Adams Takes Action to Make City Streets Safer: Announces Citywide Speed Limit for E-Bikes and E-Scooters, Presses City Council for Action on Stalled Legislation to Protect Delivery Workers
- Mayor Adams Announces Removal of Over 2,200 Illegal Firearms from New York City Streets Since Beginning of 2025 Alone as Shootings and Homicides Hit New Record Lows
- Mayor Adams, Governor Hochul Announce Completion of 117-Unit Senior Housing Development in the Bronx
- City of New York Takes Action to Support Public School Student Who Was Arrested After Attending Routine Immigration Hearing
- Mayor Adams, OLR Commissioner Campion Continue Negotiations for New City Employee Health Plan That Would Provide Expanded Network of Doctors, Maintain Premium-Free Coverage
- The Empire Bin Strikes Back… Against the Rats… as Next Phase of Trash Revolution Begins in West Harlem
- Mayor Adams Appoints Iris Rodriguez-Rosa as NYC Parks Commissioner, Celebrates $23 Million Transformation of Playgrounds and Public Spaces at Six NYCHA Developments Through NYC Parks Partnership
- Mayor Adams, NYPD Commissioner Tisch Announce New York City Has Seen Lowest Number of Shootings and Homicides in Recorded History Year-to-Date
City Council
- Speaker Adrienne Adams, District 28 Residents Directly Decide on Nearly $6.5 Million in Neighborhood Improvement Projects Through Participatory Budgeting
- Statement from Speaker Adrienne Adams on Judge Rosado Preserving Temporary Restraining Order After Hearing on Preliminary Injunction to Continue Blocking Mayor Adams’ Executive Order Allowing Trump’s ICE Center on Rikers