January 24, 2024

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Speech Outlines Ambitious Plans to Establish Department of Sustainable Delivery, Support 400,000 Green Economy Jobs, Build New Housing on Public Land, Expand New York City Reads, Invest in Clean, Dynamic Public Spaces, and Protect New York City From Climate Change

Continues Adams Administration’s Vision to Protect Public Safety, Rebuild Economy, and Make City More Livable

New Yorkers Have Seen Safer Streets, Medical Debt Canceled, Record Amounts of Affordable Housing Created, and Investments in Clean Streets and Public Spaces

NEW YORK –New York City Mayor Eric Adams today outlined a future-focused vision for working-class New Yorkers in his third State of the City address, delivered at Hostos Community College’s Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture in the Bronx. After driving crime down and pushing job growth to historic highs—all while managing a once-in-a-generation asylum seeker humanitarian crisis—Mayor Adams outlined ambitious plans to continue to deliver for New York City across his priority areas that have been a part of his vision for New York City since day one: making the country’s safest big city even safer, building a forward-looking economy that works for working-class New Yorkers, and making the city more livable for all New Yorkers.

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