Mayor Eric Adams attending the State of the State tackle within the Meeting chamber in Albany on Jan. 9, 2024.
Workplace of Governor Kathy Hochul
As I usually say, we dwell in a metropolis of 8.3 million individuals — and 35 million opinions. However one factor all New Yorkers can agree on is that individuals come to our metropolis to make it. They arrive right here to work, construct lives, and fulfill the American Dream. And the Adams administration is dedicated to creating the circumstances for that dream to flourish. This implies doing the whole lot we will to guard public security, rebuild our financial system, and make all 5 boroughs extra livable for all New Yorkers.
As a part of our ongoing efforts, now we have developed “Metropolis of Sure for Financial Alternative” — a set of 18 zoning adjustments that may assist companies discover house and develop, help entrepreneurs and freelancers, increase rising industries, and make our streetscapes extra vibrant.
For much too lengthy, outdated rules have made it tough for small companies in our metropolis to flourish. These rules, enacted in 1961, not make sense for the trendy metropolis wherein we dwell. They embody zoning legal guidelines that stop sure varieties of companies in particular neighborhoods — for instance banning {hardware} shops or restore outlets on Madison Avenue; or being allowed to have music and DJs at some bars, however not being allowed to put aside house for patrons to bop to the music. Worse nonetheless, these outdated guidelines stop companies house owners and entrepreneurs from assembly actual wants.
With the Metropolis Council’s help, we will sweep apart these mindless restrictions and create extra alternatives for New Yorkers and their companies to flourish. Now we have efficiently partnered with the Council on “Metropolis of Sure for Carbon Neutrality,” which makes it simpler for New Yorkers to go inexperienced with clear power, photo voltaic panels, composting, electrical autos, and extra. Now, we will do the identical with Metropolis of Sure for Financial Alternative.
Alongside the identical strains, now we have made outside eating everlasting. The momentary outside eating program saved 100,000 jobs throughout COVID and confirmed us a brilliant future for our streets — but it surely additionally led to deserted sheds and sanitation points. Our everlasting program works for locals, vacationers, and restaurant house owners and retains our streets engaging, protected, and trash-free. And we’re making it simpler for eating places to create clear and protected outside eating setups by way of our new Dining Out NYC portal, which can permit extra New Yorkers throughout the 5 boroughs to take pleasure in outside eating. The portal provides restaurant house owners a variety of free sources and concepts for the best way to design their house, and the brand new guidelines make sure that the areas round outside eating areas are saved clear, so they appear good and don’t entice rodents and different pests.
Operating a metropolis like New York is rarely simple, and for all New Yorkers to flourish, we should proceed to adapt to new realities. Whether or not it’s responding to local weather change, eliminating outdated zoning guidelines, creating new financial alternatives, or implementing new commonsense guidelines to maintain us all protected and wholesome, the Adams administration places the well being and prosperity of New Yorkers entrance and heart daily.
