| Dear Fellow New Yorker, Today, August 26, is National Women’s Equality Day, and here in New York City we are proudly building a “Women Forward NYC”, where the Adams’ administration’s goal is to make New York City the most women-forward city in the country. This past week, Mayor Adams hosted a LGBTQ+ roundtable. In New York City, we celebrate and work alongside our LGBTQ+ community year-round, and Mayor Adams was proud to once again sit down with these New Yorkers to ensure we’re not only standing up for their rights, but working hard to ensure they have every opportunity to succeed in our city. This past week, Mayor Adams stood alongside our Indonesian community to celebrate 79 years of Indonesian independence at Bowling Green and led a ceremony to raise the flag of Indonesia’s flag. Finally, Mayor Adams also joined with our Ukrainian brothers and sisters in raising their flag. We honor their contributions to our city and congratulate all Ukrainian New Yorkers on Ukraine’s Independence Day. 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 Office of the Mayor Week in Review | August 17 – 23 (youtube.com) Hear Directly From The Mayor New Yorkers can sign up 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. |
| Key Updates |
| Join The Office of Faith & Community Partnerships for the Queens Multi-Faith Five Borough Tour – Wednesday, September 18, 2024 |
| Opportunities with NYC’s Public Libraries for Kids and Teenagers Through Summer at the Library, NYC’s three public library systems are offering free educational and creative programs for all ages. Visit a library (New York Public Library, Brooklyn Public Library, and the Queens Public Library) and learn about upcoming events across the five boroughs here. |
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| Our administration is helping put MONEY back into the pockets of working-class New Yorkers. From cutting child care costs to expanding tax credits and affordable internet, we’ve found dozens of ways to save eligible New Yorkers money. Go to https://t.co/Lt8cQsxTYu to help your… pic.twitter.com/K4nBneelOR — Mayor Eric Adams (@NYCMayor) August 26, 2024 |
| For more than 40 years, @alroker has gotten New Yorkers and Americans ready for their day. In honor of his birthday today, we awarded this son of Queens and “America’s Weatherman” with a Key to the City of New York! Happy Birthday, Al! pic.twitter.com/TN3KHyYQfd — Mayor Eric Adams (@NYCMayor) August 20, 2024 |
| Highlights From the City Hall Press Office: |
| Mayor Adams Launches “Money in Your Pocket” Initiative Across More Than 20 Neighborhoods to Help Deliver Benefits Directly to New Yorkers, Make New York City More Affordable Mayor Eric Adams launched a citywide “Money in Your Pocket” initiative to help New Yorkers screen for or learn about more than 70 city, state, and federal programs that can make life in New York City more affordable. Mayor Adams Announces Largest Civil Rights Settlement in City History, Protecting New Yorkers from Housing Discrimination Mayor Eric Adams and the New York City Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) announced the largest civil rights settlement in city history for a housing discrimination settlement against Parkchester Preservation Management that will hold the company accountable for discriminating against voucher holders. CCHR imposed $1 million in civil penalties, the highest ever ordered for violations under the housing provisions of the New York City Human Rights Law and secured 850 apartment units to be set aside for housing voucher holders, the most ever secured in a CCHR settlement. Mayor Adams Announces City Hall, Other City Buildings to be lit Yellow Tonight in Honor of International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition Mayor Eric Adams announced that City Hall and other municipal buildings will be lit up yellow on August 23rd in honor of International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition. Designated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1998, International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition commemorates the start of a 1791 uprising among the enslaved people of Haiti that would culminate in both the Haitian Revolution and the abolition of the slave trade. Mayor Adams acknowledges both the harrowing tragedy of the transatlantic slave trade as well as the vital role the uprising played in ending it. |
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