NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson today led a coalition of 40 Cities for Action (C4A) mayors and county executives in calling for over 2 million work authorizations for both recent arrivals and longstanding undocumented immigrants, in the absence of long-awaited comprehensive reform by Congress. The bipartisan […]
NEW YORK, April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Long Island University in partnership with the Global Council for Science and the Environment (GCSE) and the Office for Science and Technology of the Embassy of France in the United States hosted the International Summit on Plastic Pollution: From Research to Action from April 5 to 6 on […]
PURCHASE, N.Y., Jan. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — PepsiCo Beverages North America (PBNA) announced today a $35 million investment with Closed Loop Partners that will create the “Closed Loop Local Recycling Fund,” an innovative circular economy initiative to advance new small-scale, modular recycling systems in communities across the U.S. The fund aims to increase recycling in […]
NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams and the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City today announced the City will distribute $2250 gift cards to each household impacted by Sunday’s fire in the Bronx to provide immediate relief for families, for a total of $265,500. The Mayor’s Fund contributed $1000, Bank of America matched that […]
NEW YORK—Mayor Eric Adams announced committing nearly $145 million in resources to support safety net hospitals, and allow NYC Health + Hospitals (H+H) and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to increase staffing and fight the Omicron surge. The City has added $33 million to the COVID-19 Hospital Loan Fund, for a total […]
HARLEM, N.Y., Dec. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The Apollo, one of America’s cultural treasures, announced today it received a $5 million gift from Sirius XM Radio Inc., the leading audio entertainment company in North America, building on the organization’s over a decade relationship. In recognition of the gift and for the many special performances held […]
NEW YORK—Mayor de Blasio today announced a new pilot program that will help ensure new City infrastructure and public facilities are prepared for the worsening impacts of climate change, including intense rainfall, coastal storm surge, chronic high tide flooding, and extreme heat. Under this program, 23 City capital agencies will begin designing and constructing dozens […]
NEW YORK, NY—Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the largest step of any city in American history toward providing affordable broadband for all. Through its Internet Master Plan, New York City will be the first city in the nation to reverse the digital redlining that has left communities of color disconnected, ensure that M/WBEs share in […]
NEW YORK, NY—Mayor Bill de Blasio, New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and Mayor’s Office of Climate Resiliency (MOCR) are taking action against the serious effects of climate change, announcing on Tuesday that the City will allocate $110 million to a new capital project to help address sea-level rise and storm surge that together […]
On November 14, 2021, leading policy advocates, artists, and researchers from cultural organizations, healthcare centers, government, and the United Nations will convene at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in a call to action to acknowledge and act on the evidence base for the health benefits of the arts. The day-long Healing Arts […]
