This Week in the New York City Government: May 2, 2025

Mayor Adams

• Mayor Adams Releases “Best Budget Ever,” Fiscal Year 2026 Executive Budget Makes Significant Investments in Safety, Affordability, and Quality of Life, Expands Opportunities for Working-Class New Yorkers
• Mayor Adams Announces Expanded Eligibility Requirements and Continued Funding Has Put City on Path to 35,000 Uniformed NYPD Officers by Fall 2026
• Mayor Adams’ Statement on Rent Guidelines Board Preliminary Vote
• What They’re Saying: New Yorkers Praise Mayor Adams’ Unprecedented $5+ Billion in Advance Payments to Be Made to City-Contracted Nonprofit Providers, Providing More Upfront Cash and Contracts to Providers Than Ever Before
• Mayor Adams Announces Unprecedented $5+ Billion in Advance Payments to Be Made to City-Contracted Nonprofit Providers, Providing More Upfront Cash and Contracts to Providers Than Ever Before
• Mayor Adams Unveils Ambitious Plan to Achieve Universal After-School Programming in Upcoming Mayoral Budget, Opening Historic Opportunities for New York City Children and Families Through $755-Million “After-School for All” Programming
• What They’re Saying: New Yorkers Praise Mayor Adams’ Ambitious Plan to Achieve Universal After-School
• Mayor Adams Unveils New Investments in Upcoming Mayoral Budget to Create More Homes, Connect More New Yorkers to Homes, Keep More New Yorkers in Homes
• Mayor Adams Calls in for Live Interview on WBLS 107.5 FM’s “Caribbean Fever”
• Mayor Adams and DOB Commissioner Oddo Release Annual Construction Safety Report, Highlight Safest Building Construction Sites in 10 Years

City Council

• New York City Council Votes to Require Plan for Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation in City Parks
• Joint Statement from Speaker Adrienne Adams and Finance Chair Justin Brannan on the Mayor’s Fiscal Year 2026 Executive Budget
• Statement from a Council Spokesperson on Mayor Adams’ Charter Revision Commission’s Preliminary Recommendations
• NYC Council Advances Legislation to Reform City Contracting and Reduce Payments Delays that Threaten Nonprofit Organizations and Services
• Statement from Speaker Adams on Mayoral Administration’s Announcement to Add City for All Funding for Supportive Housing, Homeownership Support, and Tenant Protections in FY26 Executive Budget
• Speaker Adrienne Adams Responds to New York State Supreme Court’s TRO Ruling to Block Mayor Adams’ Executive Order Inviting Trump’s ICE to Set Up Office on Rikers

Comptroller Lander

• Statement from NYC Comptroller Lander on Mayor Adams’ Rent Hike Proposal
• Statement from Comptroller Brad Lander on the FY26 NYC Executive Budget
• On May Day, Comptroller Lander Touts Accomplishments of Office’s First Workers’ Rights Team
• DOC DASHBOARD UPDATE: NYC Comptroller Releases New Monthly Data on Department of Correction
• Comptroller Lander’s New Dashboard Tracks City Claims & Settlements; City Paid Nearly $2B in Settlements Last Fiscal Year
• Statement from NYC Comptroller Lander Demanding Mayor Adams Recuse Himself from Responding to Trump’s Sanctuary City Threats
• Comptroller Lander Spotlights Nonprofit Payment Delays in Follow-Up Report & Launches Audits of 3 Agencies with Worst Delays
• Statement from NYC Comptroller Brad Lander on the FY26 State Budget Agreement
• As Spring Blooms, Comptroller Lander Aims to Expand Open Streets
• Statement from NYC Comptroller Lander on DOJ Memo Casting Serious Doubts on the Legality of Trump’s Effort to Kill Congestion Pricing