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    Mayor Eric Adams Releases Blueprint for Housing and Homelessness

    Affordable Housing and Homelessness  •  Citywide

    Image Credit: Office of the Mayor

    Mayor Adams Addresses the Issue of Affordable Housing and Works Towards Building More Affordable Housing. On June 14, 2022, Mayor Eric Adams released Housing Our Neighbors: A Blueprint for Housing and Homelessness, his administration’s plan to address New York City’s affordable housing crisis. The Blueprint discusses making the City a welcoming and homely place where people can stay and grow together as a family by creating housing that is available and affordable for people from all walks of life. The Blueprint speaks to five key housing pillars: (1) Transforming the New York City Housing Authority; (2) Addressing the Homelessness and Housing Instability; (3) Creating and Preserving Affordable Housing; (4) Improving the Health and Safety of New Yorkers; and (5) Reducing the Administrative Burden. (read more…)

    Tags : Eric Adams, HPD, Mayor's Office, NYCHA
    Date:06/27/2022
    Category : Office of the Mayor
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    Mayor Finances 25,299 Affordable Homes for the Fiscal Year 2019

    Affordable Housing  •  Citywide

    Image credit: Mayoral Photography Office

    City pushes forward on its goal to create 300,000 affordable homes and produces a record number of affordable units for homeless, seniors, and those in need of supportive services. On July 30, 2019, the Office of the Mayor announced that the City has financed 25,299 affordable homes for 2019. The Mayor plans to finance 300,000 affordable homes through the Housing New York plan by 2026. (read more…)

    Tags : affordable housing, affordable independent residences for seniors, AIRS, City financing of affordable housing, housing for formerly homeless, Housing for seniors, Housing New York, HPD, Mayor's Office, supportive housing
    Date:08/06/2019
    Category : Mayor
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    De Blasio Administration Bans Alcohol Advertisements on City Property

    Advertising Signs  •  Citywide

    Alcohol ads will now be banned on City property, including at Wi-fi LinkNYC kiosks citywide. Image Credit: Epicgenius/Wikimedia Commons

    The ban was created to protect the health of New Yorkers. On April 30, 2019, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced an Executive Order that immediately banned all alcohol advertising on City property, including bus shelters, newsstands, phone booths, recycling kiosks and Wi-Fi LinkNYC kiosks. The administration sought the ban to protect New Yorkers from exposure to alcohol advertisements which can lead to an increased likelihood and quantity of alcohol consumption. (read more…)

    Tags : alcohol, alcohol advertisement ban, alcohol advertisements, city contracts, city property, de blasio adminsitration, Mayor's Office
    Date:05/06/2019
    Category : Mayor
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    De Blasio Administration Sues to Remove “Water-Based” Billboards from City Waterways

    Litigation  •  Citywide

    Exhibit from lawsuit against Ballyhoo Media showing the company’s advertising for floating billboards across City waterways. Image Credit: Mayor’s Office/ NYC Law Department Affirmative Litigation Division

    The City is seeking thousands of dollars per day in fines for the ongoing and repeated violations. On March 27, 2019, the Mayor’s Office announced a lawsuit against Ballyhoo Media, Inc., a water-based billboard company, for repeatedly violating local laws by displaying “Times Square-style” billboards on Manhattan and Brooklyn waterways. The billboards began popping up last Fall and are LED signs on barges, and the City alleges in the suit that the signs create a “public nuisance,” and violate the New York City Zoning Resolution. The City seeks an injunction to prohibit Ballyhoo from operating the billboards and fines of up to $25,000 per violation, per day for Ballyhoo Media’s ongoing and repeated violations. (read more…)

    Tags : Ballyhoo Media, floating advertisments, floating billboards, lawsuit, litigation, Mayor's Office, waterways, zoning law
    Date:04/08/2019
    Category : Office of the Mayor
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    “Love Your Block” Initiative Launched To Support Local Change Through Community

    Community  •  Citywide

    Image credit: NYC Service

    The NYC Service and Citizens Committee have launched program to provide grants to support 25 community groups in improving their neighborhood. On September 24, 2018, the NYC Service and Citizens Committee for New York City announced the launch of the 2019 “Love Your Block” Program which will provide $1,000 grants to 25 different community groups. The application requires community groups and leaders to provide a detailed action plan for engaging local residents in participating in the project. The application requires the group to provide a list of a volunteer-led group of no less than twenty people, and to plan and prepare for a “block beautification” event that the grant would provide for. (read more…)

    Tags : citizens committee, Mayor's Office, nyc service
    Date:09/27/2018
    Category : Mayor, NYC Service and Citizens Committee
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    Community Block Parties

    Block Parties  •  Citywide

    Block Party in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Image credit: Tuukka Koski

    Local Community Boards are an integral part of the approval process to close down a City street for a block party. As the cold, gray dreariness of winter in New York City subsides and the summer weather brings the City streets back to life, block party season is right around the corner. Throughout the streets of New York City, thousands of street related-events are held annually. In the interests of ensuring safety and maintaining order, the City and local Community Boards have procedures and guidelines in place to close down a City street for an event. (read more…)

    Tags : Block Party, Community Board, Events Coordination and Management, Mayor's Office, Permit, SAPO, Street Activity
    Date:06/20/2018
    Category : Mayor's Office of Events Coordination and Management, Street Activity Permit Office
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