Every day, everywhere I go — whether it’s at a town hall, on the streets, or when participating in an interview — I hear about the quality-of-life issues that affect New Yorkers’ daily lives.I am proud of the progress we have made bringing down crime

My mother was a single parent who worked three jobs just to make sure my siblings and I had a roof over our heads and food on the table—so I know the struggle to live a better life is real.A college education can help New

Working-class families deserve nothing less than a hard-working administration that puts their needs first. And when it comes to child care and after-school programming, this administration has listened to the parents of this city and taken meaningful action to support children and make life more

The best way to make the American Dream a reality for all New Yorkers is by making our city more affordable for working-class families. Childcare costs have skyrocketed across New York City, putting pressure on monthly bills and family budgets. Working families are struggling to afford

Last week, our ‘Best Budget Ever’ got even better as our administration worked with the City Council to deliver a budget that prioritizes public safety, affordability, and improved quality of life — the things that matter most to New Yorkers. Our budget builds on the

NYPD Quality of Life Division New Yorkers love their city, but they are very clear about what they don’t love about living here: noise, trash, illegal vending, open-air drug use, reckless driving, double parking, and other everyday offenses. These and many other quality-of-life issues affect

Each June, Men’s Health Month shines a light on preventative care and for good reason. Many of the health issues that affect men most, like high blood pressure, diabetes, and prostate conditions, don’t show symptoms until they’re advanced. That’s what makes preventative screening so powerful:

Public safety has always been the North Star of this administration. Keeping our city safe is not just about crime stats — it is also about how people are feeling. And New Yorkers have strong feelings about illegal mopeds and scooters, especially when they are

Nikki Grandison joined One Brooklyn Health Brookdale in 2016 as a patient service associate (PSA) in the emergency department. At the time, pursuing higher education felt impossible. With a full-time job, four children and two of them under the age of 10, school simply wasn’t

This National Gun Violence Awareness Month, where we honor and remember victims of gun crimes, our administration is making good on our promise to eradicate gun violence. From day one, we have worked to create safer streets, safer subways, and a safer city for all

Despite all the rain we have been getting recently, summer just unofficially began in New York City with Memorial Day. The days are getting longer and warmer, our beaches are open, and, for the first time in the city’s recorded history, there were no shootings

The spring season at the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition continues, with four new art exhibitions that push the natural world to the forefront, bursting forth on Saturday, June 7th: • Fungi • Biophilia • Creating With Sustainability • New Yorkers Capturing Nature Fungi, an international

Last week, I went back to Bayside High School in Queens to deliver the Fiscal Year 2026 Executive Budget — the Best Budget Ever — in the same place I attended high school. My message was simple: this budget is not some abstract set of

The Adams administration has been committed to public safety from the start, and getting illegal guns off our streets and out of our lives is core to that mission. Since the day I took office, the NYPD has seized more than 21,400 illegal firearms —

Building on the success of New York City’s efforts to containerize all trash, the NYC Department of Sanitation is announcing that residents now have an additional option when considering which Official trash bin is right for their household, making a smaller trash bin available for