This Week in New York City Government

Mayor de Blasio:

• Mayor de Blasio Appoints Cesar Perales Chair of City’s Charter Revision Commission
• Mayor de Blasio, Victims’ Families, Survivors, Seniors and Officials Demand Albany Expand Speed Enforcement Cameras Near Schools in State Budget
• Mayor de Blasio and First Lady McCray Announce Alexis Confer as Executive Director of ThriveNYC
• Mayor de Blasio and NYC & Company Announce New York City Welcomed Record 62.8 Million Visitors in 2017
• First Day of Spring: Mayor de Blasio Opens Five Newly Improved Parks Across All Five Boroughs in One Day
• HealingNYC: Mayor and First Lady Announce $22 Million Expansion of City’s Plan to Combat Opioid Epidemic
• De Blasio Administration Calls on Local Employers to Hire NYC Interns This Summer Through Pro-Bono Advertising Campaign

City Council

• City Council to Approve Major Bronx Rezoning on Jerome Avenue, the Fourth of Mayor de Blasio’s 15 Neighborhood Rezoning Approvals
• City Council Approves Conversion of Jail to Affordable-Housing and Mixed-Use Facility
• City Council Approves The Peninsula, A Vibrant Live-Work Campus In The South Bronx
• City Council to Vote on Speaker’s Bills Enabling the State Legislature to Expand Rent Regulations for All New Yorkers
• Speaker Corey Johnson and City Council Committee Chairs Release Report and Recommendations on School Planning and Siting
• Statement by Speaker Corey Johnson on Report of Kushner Cos. Filing False Paperwork on New York City Housing

NYC Comptroller Stringer

• Comptroller Stringer Releases Alarming Analysis Showing How Reckless Drivers Are Allowed To Rack Up Fines While Remaining On The Road
• Statement from NYC Comptroller Scott M. Stringer on Kroger’s Announcement to Cease Selling Firearms

Citywide

• Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs Releases First-Ever Annual Report, Highlighting Administration’s Work to Make NYC Most Immigrant-Inclusive City in America
• Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment Announces Sharp Rise in Number of Broadcast Pilots Shooting in NYC
• HPD Releases the Initial Findings of the 2017 New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey
• NYC Hospital System to Expand Clinician Ranks and Cut Costs 
• New York City Set Tourism Record in 2017, Despite Travel-Restriction Concerns

This Week in New York State Government

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