| Dear fellow New Yorker, Summer in New York City has finally arrived! It’s a great time for picnics, barbecues, and swims in your local beach or pool. Free breakfast and lunch are available throughout New York City to anyone ages 18 years old and under. Through September 1, stop by schools, pools, parks, and food trucks at a location near you. Please visit here for more information. Hot and humid weather is not just uncomfortable, it can cause heat illness and even death. Eligible households can get help to buy and install an air conditioner or fan. The Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) provides a limited number of units. Please see here for details. City pools are open for the summer! Outdoor pool hours are from 11:00 AM through 7:00 PM daily. Please click here to learn more about the city’s pools or to find an outdoor pool near you! For the latest updates, please follow CAU on Twitter and Facebook, and be sure to check out the Mayor’s “Week In Review” video below. All the best, Fred Kreizman Commissioner, Community Affairs Unit Hear Directly From The Mayor New Yorkers can sign up online to listen to the Get Stuff Done-Cast updates and hear directly from Mayor Adams about exclusive updates, major policies and initiatives, and local events. |
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| Key Updates: Mayor’s Public Engagement Unit Hosts Health Insurance Renewal Week of Action The Mayor’s Public Engagement Unit (PEU) is hosting a citywide Week of Action to kick off National Insurance Awareness Day and educate constituents about crucial changes to health plan renewal and eligibility requirements. These changes have a significant impact on millions of New Yorkers, who may face the risk of losing their coverage if they fail to renew. PEU’s GetCoveredNYC Specialists are here to help. New Yorkers can call 311 and say “GetCoveredNYC,” go to nyc.gov/GetCoveredNYC, or text “GetCoveredNYC” to 55676 and a Specialist will reach out to them to provide free one-on-one health insurance support. South Bronx Community Health and Resource Fair Health+Hospitals/Gotham Health, Belvis are hosting a community health fair on July 26 at 11 AM located at 545 East 142nd St in the Bronx. Get the health care you and your loved ones need. More details are on the English and Spanish flyers below. |
| Sign up for Breaking Bread, Building Bonds Breaking Bread, Building Bonds is a citywide initiative from Mayor Eric Adams which aims to help end hate by bringing people together to see common bonds. This initiative is being led by the Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes and the Mayor’s Community Affairs Unit. Breaking Bread, Building Bonds is determined to organize one thousand meals and conversations across the city with ten everyday people from New York City’s diverse communities. Sign up here: https://www.nyc.gov/site/breakingbread/sign-up/sign-up.page |
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| June was Caribbean American Heritage Month. @mayorsCAU was proud to attend the recent @CARICOMorg flag raising ceremony in Bowling Green. pic.twitter.com/jAQT9ZA4jE — Mayor’s Community Affairs Unit (@mayorsCAU) July 5, 2023 |
| .@mayorsCAU‘s Citywide NYCHA & Older Adult Liaisons met with Throggs Neck / Randall Balcom Houses older adults leadership in the #Bronx. pic.twitter.com/IcwjxYZUIv — Mayor’s Community Affairs Unit (@mayorsCAU) July 3, 2023 |
| Highlights From the City Hall Press Office: Status of NYPD Commissioner: We are safer than we were on January 1, 2022, with most major crimes down, and that is thanks, in large part, to Commissioner Keechant Sewell taking a leading role in the Adams administration’s tireless work to make New York City safer. Mayor Adams released a statement on Commissioner Sewell’s last day. Until a permanent replacement is named, Eddie Caban has taken the helm as acting police commissioner. Commissioner Caban has over three decades of service in the NYPD. “Clean City Alliance” To Provide Sidewalk Cleaning To High-Traffic Commercial Corridors: Mayor Adams, DSNY, and the Sanitation Foundation (DSNY’s official nonprofit) announced a major new philanthropic undertaking focused on cleaning high-traffic commercial corridors across the city. This new initiative will provide sidewalk cleaning to some of the busiest areas that do not have Business Improvement Districts (BID) to help organize cleanliness efforts in all five boroughs. The “Clean City Alliance” will begin by servicing sidewalks in parts of Crown Heights and Bed-Stuy and will expand to other busy commercial corridors without BIDs across the city. The “Clean City Alliance” will also be a source of employment opportunity, hiring locally across the city. |
| Additional Resources: Food Help NYC: Free food locations including food pantries & soup kitchens. NYC Well: NYC Well is your connection to free, confidential crisis counseling, mental health and substance use support, information and referrals. You can reach the toll-free help line 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by phone, text and online chat. Buildings After Hours: Free in-person information session with DOB staff every Tuesday from 4 PM to 7 PM at your local borough office. Notify NYC: Enroll for free in New York City’s dedicated emergency public communications program. 311: Non-emergency municipal services available online, by texting 311-692, or by calling 3-1-1 from within the City or 212-NEW-YORK outside the five boroughs. TTY service is also available by dialing 212-504-4115. |