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COMMUNITY OP-ED JANUARY 03, 2025 | The Indian Eye 12

2024: A Record Year of Delivering for

New Yorkers Every Day and Everywhere

Safer streets and subways are just the start. Our “Charge Safe, Ride Safe” plan has helped cut

lithium-ion battery fire deaths by 72 percent since we introduced it in 2023, while our “Operation

Padlock to Protect” initiative has shut down more than 1,300 illegal cannabis and smoke shops

ERIC ADAMS

hen I was sworn in as the
110th mayor of New York
WCity, I promised to “Get
Stuff Done.” That has been our focus
ever since coming into office, and this
past year was no different.
But, in 2024, we did more than just
get stuff done — we delivered for you,
every day and everywhere. We drove
down crime, put billions of dollars
back into working-class New Yorkers’
pockets, and shattered records for the To keep our young people safe New Yorkers. And — to deliver even 65 million visitors to our city — the
most jobs, small businesses, and af- and healthy, we delivered free, virtual more tax relief — we announced our second highest number of tourists in
fordable housing construction in our therapy to 16,000 teenagers — large- plan to “Axe the Tax for the Working our city’s history — and won the 2026
city’s history. ly in underserved neighborhoods — Class” by eliminating and cutting city FIFA World Cup finals that will bring
Thanks to our tireless police offi- through our “Teenspace” initiative income taxes for working-class fam- $2 billion in economic impact and cre-
cers, New York remains the safest big and sued the companies that own ilies and giving $63 million back to ate over 14,000 jobs for the New York-
city in America. Overall crime is down, major social media platforms to hold nearly 600,000 New Yorkers. We look New Jersey region.
with shootings, homicides, and transit them accountable for fueling the forward to working with our partners We invested in public safety, pub-
crime all down by more than 6 percent youth mental health crisis. in Albany to get it done. lic health, and public spaces.
this year. We put more police officers This year, we also focused on not We shattered affordable housing We issued rules to move 70 per-
on our streets and took thousands of only creating a safer city, but a more records for the second fiscal year in cent of all New York City trash off
illegal guns, mopeds, and ATVs off of affordable one, too. a row, unlocked billions of dollars for the streets and into container bins,
them. Affordability means having the public housing, and moved a record took down hundreds of long-standing
We seized more than 6,000 illegal resources and benefits to take care of 18,500 households from shelter into scaffolding sheds since launching our
guns in 2024, bringing the total num- expenses. We launched our “Money stable homes. “Get Sheds Down” initiative, and cre-
ber of guns removed from the streets in Your Pocket” initiative to connect After decades of inaction, we ated thousands of acres of new public
to 19,600 since January 2022. We also New Yorkers to dozens of federal, passed the most pro-housing zoning space to make our city more welcom-
cracked down on car theft and had 12 state, and local programs to save them change in city history. Our historic ing to everyone — for New Yorkers
straight months in reductions. money. And to build off of our reduc- “City of Yes” housing plan will build up and visitors alike.
Safer streets and subways are tions in child care costs, for the first to 80,000 new homes for New Yorkers Above all, we are just getting
just the start. Our “Charge Safe, Ride time in city history, we extended 3K and invest $5 billion in housing and in- started. Next year, we will unveil bold
Safe” plan has helped cut lithium-ion offers to every family who applied on frastructure. new initiatives to create an even safer,
battery fire deaths by 72 percent since time and enrolled 150,000 children in We broke the jobs record, again more affordable city for all. Until then,
we introduced it in 2023, while our our early childhood education system. and again, and oversaw the creation I wish you a happy holiday season in
“Operation Padlock to Protect” initia- Additionally, we expanded the of 183,000 small businesses across the the greatest city in the world.
tive has shut down more than 1,300 New York City Earned Income Tax five boroughs — the most in city histo- Eric Adams is the Mayor of
illegal cannabis and smoke shops. Credit and gave $345 million back to ry. In 2024, New York City welcomed New York City, NY

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