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NEWYORK: New York city Mayor Eric Adams, senior City Hall officials, and commissioners from agencies across city government after concluding of Adams third year in office released a list of key wins delivered to New Yorkers throughout 2024 and over the course of the last three years, showcasing once again how the Adams administration is continuing to create a safer, more affordable New York City for all.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cFrom day one, our administration has focused on creating a safer, more affordable New York City. In 2024, we continued to deliver on that vision and \u2018Get Stuff Done\u2019 for working-class New Yorkers,\u201d said\u00a0Mayor Adams.<\/p>\n

\u201cThanks to our extraordinary public servants, America\u2019s safest big city got even safer this year, with overall crime down and thousands of illegal guns, mopeds, and ghost cars taken off city streets. We passed historic legislation to turn New York into a \u2018City of Yes,\u2019 shattered affordable housing records once again, and put billions of dollars back into New Yorkers\u2019 pockets. We broke records for the most jobs and small businesses in city history and moved millions of trash bags off our sidewalks and into containers. But we know that there is even more we can do to continue to uplift working-class families. As we look to the future, our administration remains committed to keeping New Yorkers safe and making our city more affordable for the millions of New Yorkers who call our city home.\u201d<\/p>\n

Highlights from the third year of the Adams administration include:<\/p>\n

Making America\u2019s Safest Big City Even Safer:\u00a0Under Mayor Adams\u2019 leadership, overall crime continued to fall in 2024, including a 7.3 percent drop in homicides and a 6.8 drop in shootings year to date.<\/p>\n

The New York City Police Department seized more than 6,000 illegal guns in 2024, bringing the total number of firearms taken off city streets since the start of the Adams administration to more than 19,600. The administration\u2019s\u00a0crack down on car theft\u00a0helped lower grand larceny auto for 12 months in a row while Mayor Adams\u2019\u00a0\u201ccharge safe, ride safe: New York city\u2019s electric micromobility action plan\u201d helped cut lithium-ion battery fire deaths by 72 percent since its introduction in 2023. To combat a rise in transit crime, the Adams administration deployed 1000 additional police officers into the city\u2019s subway system\u00a0in February 2024, already delivering a 6.1 percent drop in transit crime in the year to date.<\/p>\n

Strengthening Quality of Life by Shutting Down Illegal Cannabis Shops, Seizing Illegal Vehicles:\u00a0After securing the authority from Albany to shut down illegal cannabis and smoke shops in New York City,\u00a0the Adams administration launched \u201cPadlock to protect,\u201d\u00a0closed more than 1,300 illegal smoke shops, and seized over $87 million in illegal product.<\/p>\n

Mayor Adams expanded partnerships with New York state and across city agencies to seize illegal vehicles, removing more than 73,000 ghost cars and illegal motorized vehicles\u00a0since the start of the Adams administration.<\/p>\n

In 2024, Mayor Adams expanded his signature \u201ccommunity link\u201d initiative, bringing new operations to Midtown, 14th<\/sup> street, Roosevelt Avenue, and more.<\/p>\n

Creating Safer Streets:\u00a0To keep New Yorkers safe on roadways and sidewalks, the Adams administration upgraded 2,000 intersections in 2024 with improved traffic signals, raised crosswalks, and instituted other pedestrian safety measures. Mayor Adams helped pass Sammy\u2019s law in Albany\u00a0to empower New York City to lower speed limits, as well as legislation to quadruple the city\u2019s red light camera program.<\/p>\n

To improve visibility, New York City is on track to daylight 1,000 intersections in 2024. Thanks to these efforts, traffic fatalities have reached the lowest level since 2020, down 5 percent since the start of the Adams administration.<\/p>\n

Turning New York Into a \u201cCity of Yes\u201d:\u00a0When Mayor Adams came into office, he unveiled three bold zoning initiatives\u00a0to promote renewable energy, foster economic growth, and build more affordable housing.<\/p>\n

In 2024, the Adams administration passed the final two proposals, bringing long-overdue change to New York City\u2019s zoning code. \u201ccity of yes for housing opportunity\u201d \u2014 the most pro-housing zoning change in city history \u2014 will create up to 80,000 new homes and invest $5 billion in housing and infrastructure while \u201ccity of yes for economic opportunity\u201d supports small business and entrepreneurs. In addition to passing Mayor Adams\u2019\u00a0Bronx Metro-North\u00a0plan, the New York City Department of City Planning is advancing plans to create more than 50,000 housing units over the next 15 years in\u00a0central Brooklyn, Midtown South\u00a0in Manhattan, and Long Island city and Jamaica in Queens.<\/p>\n

Shattering Affordable Housing Records, Again:\u00a0The Adams administration, once again, made landmark progress against the city\u2019s housing crisis, shattering affordable housing records for the second fiscal year in a row.<\/p>\n

In Fiscal Year (FY) 2024, the Adams administration financed nearly 29,000 affordable homes and public housing units, constructed a record 14,700 new homes, and connected a record number of New Yorkers to affordable housing units through CityFHEPS and the city\u2019s housing lottery.<\/p>\n

The Adams administration\u00a0secured city council approval for the Willets point transformation\u00a0to build 2,500 100 percent affordable units \u2014 the largest affordable housing project in 40 years.<\/p>\n

Keeping New Yorkers in Their Homes:\u00a0This year, the Adams administration launched the first tenant protection cabinet\u00a0to enhance cross-agency collaboration and secured the largest housing discrimination settlement in city history, imposing $1 million in civil penalties and securing 850 apartment units for voucher holders.<\/p>\n

Putting Public Housing First:\u00a0The Adams administration continued to prioritize the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), unlocking $ 1.35 billion in capital repairs for nearly 7,600 residents\u00a0through the Permanent Affordability Commitment Together program in FY24. The Adams administration also reopened the section 8 of housing choice voucher waitlist\u00a0for the first time in 15 years, selecting 200,000 households, and expanded Big Apple connect\u00a0to 150,000 households in 220 NYCHA facilities citywide.<\/p>\n

Supporting New Yorkers Experiencing Unsheltered Homelessness:\u00a0Under the Adams administration, New York City has made significant progress getting homeless New Yorkers the help and housing they need. Since the launch of Mayor Adams\u2019 subway safety plan in 2022, the administration has moved over 8,000 New Yorkers from the subways into shelter while, in FY24, the New York City Department of Social Services helped a record 18,500 households transition from shelter into stable homes.<\/p>\n

This year, the Adams administration launched a new partnership assistance for transit homelessness initiative and expanded its subway co-response outreach teams\u00a0to connect more New Yorkers to care.<\/p>\n

Putting Money Back in Your Pockets:\u00a0Mayor Adams launched the \u201cmoney back in your pockets\u201d initiative\u00a0to connect New Yorkers in underserved neighborhoods with city, state, and federal resources that help people save money and build on the $30 billion the Adams administration has already put back in the people pockets.<\/p>\n

Under Mayor Adams\u2019 leadership, New York City\u2019s Financial Empowerment Centers have helped more than 25,000 New Yorkers reduce their debt by over $37.5 million, and Mayor Adams announced\u00a0plans to relieve over $ 2 billion in medical debt for up to 5,00,000 New Yorkers.<\/p>\n

Lowering Taxes, Raising Families:\u00a0New York City\u2019s year-round free tax prep services have already saved New Yorkers more than $220 million since the start of the Adams administration while the \u201cNYC Earned Income Tax Credit,\u201d which Mayor Adams helped expand,\u00a0returned more than $345 million to over 1.7 million New Yorkers in tax season 2023. \\<\/p>\n

To build on that success, Mayor Adams is calling on Albany to go further by passing his \u201cAxe the Tax for the working class\u201d proposal that would eliminate city income taxes for working-class families and put $63 million back into the pockets of over 582,000 New Yorkers.<\/p>\n

Wages That Work for Working People:\u00a0To increase pay and benefits for New York City\u2019s public servants, the Adams administration has reached contracts with 100 percent of New York City\u2019s uniformed workforce and, this year, increased the percentage of municipal employees with contracts to 97 percent of the city\u2019s total workforce.<\/p>\n

Mayor Adams also secured a $741 million cost-of-living adjustment for 80,000 human service workers, implemented\u00a0a first-in-the-nation minimum pay rate to put $ 847 million back into delivery workers\u2019 pockets, and negotiated project labor agreements for over $ 1 billion in construction projects.<\/p>\n

Breaking the Jobs Records, Again and Again:\u00a0In 2024, the Adams administration broke records for the most jobs\u00a0in city history and\u00a0connected nearly 8,500 job seekers to employment, free training, and workforce development\u00a0through its \u201cJobsNYC\u201d initiative.<\/p>\n

The Adams administration also unveiled the Green economy action plan\u00a0to support nearly 400,000 \u201cgreen-collar\u201d jobs by 2040 and\u00a0secured the 2026 FIFA world cup final and other matches\u00a0for the New York-New Jersey region that will have an economic impact of $2 billion and help create over 14,000 jobs.<\/p>\n

To ensure that every New Yorker has the chance to compete for city business, the Adams administration\u00a0awarded a recod $ 6.4 billion in minority-or women-owned business enterprise\u00a0(M\/WBE) contracts in FY24 and ensured the highest agency utilization of M\/WBEs in city history.\u00a0Breaking the Jobs Records, Again and Again:\u00a0In 2024, the Adams administration broke records for the most jobs.<\/p>\n

Small Businesses with Big Numbers:\u00a0Under the Adams administration,\u00a0New York city has a record 183,000 small business, with one in five current small business formed since the start of the Adams administration. The administration\u2019s small business opportunity fund\u00a0has awarded more than $85 million in capital to over 1,000 small businesses since launching in 2023 while storefront vacancy rates have drooped for four consecutive quarters.<\/p>\n

Setting Young People Up for Success:\u00a0The Adams administration has connected young New Yorkers to over 15,000 apprenticeship opportunities, more than halfway to the administration\u2019s moonshot goal of 30,000 apprenticeships by 2030 ahead of schedule. Additionally, in 2024, more than 100,000 young people participated in the city\u2019s\u00a0summer youth employment program.<\/p>\n

Supporting Our Cultural Institutions:\u00a0In addition to a record $ 254 million investment in the city\u2019s cultural sector through the New York city department of cultural affairs, the Adams administration broke ground\u00a0on renovations, expansions, and other city-supported capital projects at the Brooklyn Children\u2019s museum,\u00a0Weeksville Heritage center, The Bronx Museum, Nuyorican Poest Caf\u00e9, and more.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the Adams administration announced more than $52 million in grants for 1,031 cultural organizations through its annual cultural development fund\u00a0grant making program and diverted over 5.9 million pounds of materials from landfill, making them available to educators, nonprofits,\u00a0and artists through its materials for the arts program free of charge.<\/p>\n

Building the Harbor of the Future:\u00a0In 2024, Mayor Adams continued to unveil and advance generational projects to turn New York City\u2019s waterfront into a \u201cHarbor of the Future,\u201d including a\u00a0science park and research campus in Kips bay\u00a0in Manhattan, a $700 million climate research facility on Governors Island, the country\u2019s largest offshore wind port at the South Brookly n marine terminal, a modern maritime port and vibrant mixed-use community hub at the\u00a0Brooklyn marine terminal in Red Hook, a revitalized\u00a0north shore of Staten Island, the Willets point transformation\u00a0in Queens, and a cleaner, greener Hunts point terminal produce market\u00a0in the Bronx.<\/p>\n

Landing the Plane on a $112 Billion Adopted Budget:\u00a0The Adams administration and the New York City Council reached an agreement on a $112 billion FY25 adopted budget\u00a0to make New York City safer and more affordable by investing $489 million in libraries, $254 million in cultural institutions and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, $100 million in a strategic plan to reimagine early childhood education, and much more.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the Adams administration announced a record $26 billion investment in affordable housing in the most recent 10-year capital plan. Because of strong, fiscal leadership, the city maintained strong bond ratings\u00a0from four leading, independent credit rating agencies.<\/p>\n

Keeping New Yorkers Healthy:\u00a0Building on the launch of his landmark\u00a0HealthyNYC initiative, Mayor Adams filed a lawsuit against the companies that own five major social medial companies\u00a0to hold them accountable for fueling the national youth mental health crisis and delivered free, virtual therapy to 16,000 young people\u00a0\u2014 largely from underserved neighborhoods \u2014 through the Teenspace program.<\/p>\n

The Adams administration has delivered maternal and infant health services to over 12,000 families through\u00a0the city\u2019s Family Home Visits Initiative since 2022 and\u00a0ramped up annual investment in opioid prevention and treatment\u00a0to $50 million per year by FY27.<\/p>\n

A First-Rate Education for Every Student:\u00a0In 2024, Mayor Adams expanded his signature\u00a0\u2018NYC Reads\u2019 initiative \u00a0to every K-5 school and every early childhood education program as well as\u00a0launched both \u2018NYC solves to overhaul how students learn mathematics\u00a0and a new Division of Inclusive and Accessible Learning in New York City Public Schools.<\/p>\n

The Adams administration also opened up 24 new schools buildings and over 11,000 new seats\u00a0\u2014 the most new seats opened by the New York City School Construction Authority since 2003 \u2014 and secured an extension of mayoral accountability\u00a0in Albany for another two years.<\/p>\n

Affordable, Accessible Child Care:\u00a0To make child care more affordable for working-class families, the Adams administration lowered the cost of child care for a family of four earning $55,000 from $55 a week in 2022 to just $5 in 2024, increased the number of children enrolled with a low-income voucher from fewer than 8,000 in 2022 to over 46,000 in 2024, and saved New Yorkers more than $1.9 billion through child care vouchers\u00a0since the start of the administration. In 2024, for the first time in New York City history,\u00a0every family who applied for a 3K seat on time received an offer, while the Adams administration enrolled over 1,50,000 children across the entire early childhood education system. Finally, Mayor Adams launched a $100 million, 10-point plan\u00a0to address systemic issues, boost enrollment, and connect families with more pre-K and 3-K seats.<\/p>\n

Meeting the Moment on Asylum Seekers:\u00a0Since the first buses of asylum seekers arrived in the five boroughs in 2022, over 226,900 migrants have come through the city\u2019s intake center.<\/p>\n

Thanks to smart management strategies, intensive case management, and 30- and 60-day policies, the Adams administration has helped more than 75 percent of migrants take the next steps on their journeys towards self-sufficiency and saved more than $2.8 billion\u00a0over three fiscal years.<\/p>\n

From the Mean Streets to the Clean Streets:\u00a0In 2024, Mayor Adams expanded his \u201cWar on Trash,\u201d\u00a0issued rules requiring 70 percent of all New York city trash to be containerized, and laid out a pathway to 100 percent trash containerization in the future.<\/p>\n

The New York City Department of Sanitation cracked down on illegal dumping with over 250 illegal dumping cameras and, following a successful pilot, expanded curbside composting to the entire city.<\/p>\n

Public Spaces for the Public Good:\u00a0Since 2022, the Adams administration has created over 74 football fields of new public space and\u00a0taken down nearly 250 long-standing sheds and scaffolding through its \u201cGet Sheds Down\u201d initiative.<\/p>\n

In 2024, Mayor Adams\u00a0opened the country\u2019s largest outdoor dining program; announced a $150 million investment to transform Fifth Avenue; into a safer, greener, and more pedestrian-friendly boulevard; and launched in \u201cUr in Luck\u201d to build and renovate over 80 public restrooms\u00a0and create an easy-to-use map to help New Yorkers find one near them.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the Adams administration has implemented a record amount of newly pedestrianized space since coming into office, finishing 2024 with nearly 500,000 square feet of new plazas, curb and sidewalk extensions, pedestrian safety islands, and traffic triangles.<\/p>\n

Fighting Flooding Across the Five Boroughs:\u00a0Since the start of the Adams administration, New York City has invested over $1.2 billion in vital infrastructure to prevent flooding\u00a0and is on track to deliver approximately 100 miles of porous pavement by 2031, absorbing up to 500 million gallons of rainwater per year. Additionally, in 2024, the Adams administration\u00a0completed the first phase of the east side coastal resiliency initiative\u00a0to protect Manhattan from future storms and high tides.<\/p>\n

Funding the Future:\u00a0Thanks to the Adams administration\u2019s Federal Infrastructure Funding Task Force, New York City has secured more than $2.3 billion in federal infrastructure grants since 2022, including $164 million to transform the Brooklyn marine terminal, $127 million to acquire nearly 400 electric school buses, $110 million to\u00a0upgrade the Hunts point produce market, $117 million to build the Queens Way park, and much more.<\/p>\n

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