Mayor Eric Adams.
Workplace of the Mayor of New York Metropolis
Once we got here into workplace in January 2022, New York Metropolis was on the brink. The pandemic was nonetheless raging. Our economic system was in unhealthy form. Crime was on the rise. And our mission from day one was to combat for the individuals who make New York Metropolis the best metropolis on the earth.
We went to work to construct again our economic system and start the lengthy street to restoration. And we did this by specializing in public security, investing in public areas, and supporting working folks.
Twenty-four months later, because of the efforts of our metropolis, our folks, and throughout metropolis authorities, we’ve got turned issues round.
Jobs are up, crime is down, our streets are cleaner, and day-after-day we’re delivering for working New Yorkers.
Because of our efforts, 2023 noticed general crime go down, with a drop in 5 of the seven main crime classes. Now we have taken greater than 6,200 unlawful weapons off our streets this 12 months, and greater than 13,000 unlawful weapons for the reason that begin of the administration. Moreover, we’ve got pumped the brakes on auto theft and have taken on retail theft head on.
As we’ve got introduced crime down, we’ve got made our economic system stronger. In 2023, we regained all the non-public sector jobs we misplaced throughout the pandemic — greater than a 12 months forward of predictions — and we’ve got created good paying jobs for working folks. Over 282,000 non-public sector jobs and greater than 44,000 companies have been created for the reason that begin of our administration — with one in seven New York Metropolis companies opening this 12 months alone.
However we all know extra can and have to be executed for working households. Elevating a household on this metropolis will be arduous. That’s the reason we’re serving to extra folks discover reasonably priced youngster care. Once we got here into workplace, a household incomes $55,000 a 12 months was paying $55 per week for youngster care. At the moment, they’re paying simply $4.80.
We’re additionally investing in our younger folks at each stage of their schooling. This 12 months, we launched “New York Metropolis Reads,” a historic curriculum shift, enabling our public faculties to modify to a studying curriculum based mostly on confirmed science-of-reading strategies. And the numbers communicate for themselves. Mixed with initiatives we put in place throughout 12 months one of many administration, studying numbers elevated by virtually 3 p.c and math scores improved by virtually 14 p.c in comparison with the identical interval final 12 months.
Whereas schooling is essential to financial alternative, so is housing. And we’re delivering extra reasonably priced housing for all New Yorkers.
Our historic “Metropolis of Sure for Housing Alternative” plan is targeted on “constructing a little bit extra housing in each neighborhood.” During the last 12 months, we created practically 27,000 reasonably priced houses, broke floor on the most important one hundred pc reasonably priced housing mission in 40 years at Willets Factors in Queens and helped amplify the voices of our public housing residents with the historic vote for the NYCHA Belief.
Now, we all know {that a} protected and affluent New York Metropolis can be a clear metropolis. And we’re successful our conflict on rats. At the moment, we obtain fewer rat complaints, rubbish sits out on the road for much less time, and all of our industrial waste is now positioned in containers. New Yorkers not should dodge black rubbish luggage on their method to work or faculty.
We’re additionally eradicating longstanding and ugly sidewalk sheds from our streets whereas returning sidewalk house to New Yorkers. And we’ve got created new public areas throughout all 5 boroughs and strengthened road security by daylighting streets and creating extra protected bike lanes.
Whereas we’ve got achieved a lot this 12 months, we all know our metropolis nonetheless faces challenges. We proceed to satisfy the nationwide asylum seeker disaster with compassion. Our metropolis has helped the greater than 157,000 migrants who’ve arrived at our doorways looking for shelter. This can be a metropolis constructed by immigrants and we’re centered on resettlement and serving to folks take the following steps of their journeys. However we’ve got been very clear that as a way to proceed to handle this disaster going ahead, we want extra help from the state and federal governments.
Our metropolis is safer, cleaner, and extra affluent than it was two years in the past. As 2023 attracts to a detailed, there may be a lot to be optimistic about. In 2024, we’re going to construct on our historic wins and proceed to Get Stuff Carried out so all New Yorkers can share in our prosperity. Glad Holidays!
