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fromGay City News
4 days agoMamdani set to announce new Mayor's Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs
Mayor Zohran Mamdani established the Mayor's Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs with Taylor Brown as its first director to coordinate LGBTQ initiatives, prevent discrimination, and expand protections across city agencies.
NYC politics
fromwww.amny.com
1 week agoMAMDANI'S FIRST 100 DAYS: Mayor acknowledges Legal Aid Society's 150th year, team condemns anti-Muslim protest
Mayor Zohran Mamdani launched a 2,000-seat free full-day child care program for NYC toddlers in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods while celebrating the Legal Aid Society's 150th anniversary.
NYC parents
fromBrooklyn Paper
1 week agoStory time: Mayor Mamdani visits Canarsie preschool as NYC launches free 2-K * Brooklyn Paper
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani visited Breukelen Early Childhood Development Center to read to 3-K students, highlighting the city's commitment to expanding early childhood education with 2,000 new free 2-K seats launching this fall.
Brooklyn
fromwww.amny.com
2 weeks agoPrivacy advocates urge Mamdani to use his mayoral powers and scale back the NYPD's surveillance programs | amNewYork
Privacy advocates urge Mayor Mamdani to use mayoral powers to dismantle NYPD surveillance infrastructure, including blocking ICE access, abolishing discriminatory databases, grounding drones, and banning facial recognition.
fromNew York Daily News
2 months agoNYC Mayor-elect Mamdani keeps Mitch Katz as public hospital boss among other Adams holdovers
"Dr. Katz led the financial turnaround of NYC H+H, expanded access to more New Yorkers, and steered the nation's largest municipal health system through COVID-19," Mamdani said.
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fromBitcoinist.com
5 months agoCrypto Gets An Address: New York City Unveils US' 1st Official Crypto Office
New York City established the Office of Digital Assets and Blockchain Technology to guide policy, coordinate agencies, educate residents, explore blockchain uses, and attract business.
fromCity Limits
6 months agoNYC Housing Calendar, Sept. 16-22
Wednesday, Sept. 17 at 10 a.m.: The City Planning Commission will vote on a plan to redevelop the Kingsbridge Armory in the Bronx, among other land use applications. Thursday, Sept. 18 at 10 a.m.: NYCHA will hold its monthly board meeting. Friday, Sept. 19 at 10 a.m.: The NYC Council's Committee on Health will hold an oversight hearing on building requirements for cooling towers and water systems to prevent Legionnaires' disease.
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fromwww.amny.com
6 months agoCourt upholds order to continue unit-hold incentive for homeless families
Homeless families and individuals in NYC shelters waiting for permanent homes won a victory in court on Thursday that requires landlords to hold their apartments while tenant casework is being processed. The ruling upholds a temporary restraining order barring Mayor Eric Adams and the city's Department of Social Services (DSS) from eliminating the unit hold incentive one-month rent payments to landlords that ensure apartments are held for prospective tenants while their housing paperwork gets processed.
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