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NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams today outlined a bold vision to make New York City the best place to raise a family in his fourth State of the City address, delivered at The Apollo Theater in Harlem, Manhattan. After driving crime down, passing historic housing legislation, and helping New Yorkers save billions of dollars through tax relief, child care, free internet, and more in 2024, Mayor Adams used today’s address to unveil new initiatives that will create a safer, more affordable city for working-class people, especially those raising a family, all across the five boroughs.
Topics of the Mayor’s Speech include:
Keeping New York the Safest Big City in America to Raise a Family
Subways, Serious Mental Illness, Shelters: A New Commitment to Addressing Street Homelessness
Helping More Families Find Homes in the Five Boroughs by Turning New York Into a “City of Yes for Families”
Putting Money Back Into Families’ Pockets
Delivering a First-Rate Education for New York City’s Students
Creating Good-Paying Jobs for Parents and Young People
Creating Cleaner, Greener Streets for Families to Enjoy
When it comes to Construction, since 2022, the Adams administration has made historic progress creating new affordable housing, connecting New Yorkers to affordable housing, and keeping New Yorkers in the homes they already have. The Adams administration has shattered affordable housing records two fiscal years in a row; financed the construction and preservation of over 79,300 housing units since 2022; and connected a record number of New Yorkers to affordable housing through City Fighting Homelessness and Eviction Prevention Supplement and the city’s housing lottery.
The Adams administration also opened up 24 new school buildings and added over 11,000 new seats in 2024 — the most new seats added by the New York City School Construction Authority since 2003 — and, again, secured an extension of mayoral accountability in Albany for another two years. Additionally, the Adams administration has connected New Yorkers to over 15,000 apprenticeships since 2022 and launched FutureReadyNYC to give thousands of students work experience in 21st-century industries like decarbonization and finance. Today, Mayor Adams announced that Memorial Sloan Kettering will join FutureReadyNYC as an anchor partner and offer hundreds of New York City Public Schools students work-based experience in health care every year.
