NEW YORK—Today, the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA) Commissioner Manuel Castro and the NYC Department of Probation (DOP) Commissioner Ana Bermudez joined for in-person press conference to promote the Neighborhood Opportunity Network (NeON) Nutrition Kitchen food pantries to NYC’s immigrant communities.   With the rising cost of food, Commissioner Castro and Commissioner Bermudez encouraged immigrant New Yorkers […]

Commissioner Gary Jenkins, Department of Social Services: My name is Gary Jenkins, and I am the commissioner for the Department of Social Services. Thank you for being here. Under Mayor Adams, New York City is committed to meeting our legal and moral obligation to provide shelter to all who need it. Regardless of background and immigration […]

Project Will Train Volunteers Including Those With Lived Experience To Advocate For, Offer Services To Unhoused New Yorkers  NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams, veteran civil rights advocate and former executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union Norman Siegel, and Community Healthcare Network president and Coalition for the Homeless founder Robert Hayes […]

Mayor Adams is making it cheaper for low-income New Yorkers to ride the NYC Ferry system and more expensive for those who use it infrequently — an effort to keep the program’s budget on an even keel after the city’s fiscal watchdog found the previous administration downplayed the cost of the network. See more on […]

NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams today released the following statement on his call with U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky on the Monkeypox outbreak yesterday afternoon:   “Commissioner Vasan and I had a call yesterday with HHS […]

Bronx Support and Connection Center Will Provide Alternative to Avoidable Emergency Room Visits or Criminal Justice Interventions for People With Mental Health or Substance Use Needs   City’s B-HEARD Program to Refer Patients to Center tor Mental Health Services  NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Health and […]

Mayor Eric Adams this weekend announced the expansion of the city’s free Saturday Night Lights program during a visit to the Bronx.  “It takes a village,” is a term often used when speaking about raising children, and the mayor declared that a village of city agencies will be stepping up to aid parents this summer by way […]