Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Speaker Adams outlines priorities for 2025: housing, mental health, public safety
Summary
Speaker Adrienne Adams used the council’s Jan. 8 charter meeting to frame the council’s priorities for 2025, highlighting affordable housing, child care, mental-health investments, Fair Fares and public-safety measures, and urging continued effort to close Rikers Island.
Speaker Adrienne Adams opened the Jan. 8 New York City Council charter meeting by framing the council’s policy priorities for 2025, saying the body must focus on housing affordability, child care, mental health services and public safety.
Adams said the council must “build on our momentum to preserve and add more affordable housing and home-ownership opportunities” and address barriers that leave many New Yorkers without stable homes. She said the prohibitive cost of child care prevents some working families from staying in the city and…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
