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14 JANUARY 17, 2025

STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS

Mayor Adams Lays Out Ambitious Agenda

to make NYC Best Place to Raise a Family

Speech Outlines Multi-Year Initiatives to Tackle Street Homelessness, Keep Young People Safe, Build

More Housing and Family-Friendly Neighborhoods Through New “City of Yes for Families” Plan

OUR BUREAU
NEW YORK, NY
ew York City Mayor Eric Ad-
ams on Thursday outlined a
Nbold vision to make New York
City the best place to raise a family in
his fourth State of the City address,
delivered at The Apollo Theater in
Harlem, Manhattan. After driving
crime down, passing historic housing
legislation, and helping New Yorkers
save billions of dollars through tax
relief, child care, free internet, and
more in 2024, Mayor Adams used
today’s address to unveil new initia-
tives that will create a safer, more af-
fordable city for working-class people,
especially those raising a family, all
across the five boroughs.
“In the past year alone, our ad-
ministration passed historic housing
legislation, shattered the record for ing to do the same for you.” young people. tion will add 900 new Safe Haven beds
the most jobs in city history, drove Under Mayor Adams’ leader- Moreover, Mayor Adams an- that offer a more flexible, personal-
major crimes down, and did so much ship, America’s safest big city has nounced that New York City will in- ized option for New Yorkers experi-
more to build a family-friendly city. gotten even safer. Overall crime vest $163 million over five fiscal years encing unsheltered homelessness and
As a result of all these efforts, the continued to fall in 2024, including to expand five of its most successful have proven a highly-effective tool
state of our city is strong,” said May- a 7.3 percent drop in shootings, a 3.6 programs — Fair Futures, College for moving New Yorkers from home-
or Adams. “But there is no denying percent drop in homicides, and a 5.4 Choice, Career Choice, GirlsJustUs, lessness into permanent housing.
that many New Yorkers — especially percent drop in transit crime. Since and Assertive Community Engage- These new investments — which
our families — are still anxious about coming into office, the Adams ad- ment & Success — that engage at-risk will take place over several fiscal
the future. We have to make sure ministration has seized nearly 20,000 youth and other young people; reach years — will help New York City tack-
that the greatest city in the world is illegal guns and over 80,000 ghost a total of 8,000 participants; and help le street homelessness by supporting
also the greatest place to raise a fam- cars and illegal motorized vehicles, connect more New York City youth New Yorkers living on subways, help-
ily. From keeping young people safe like ATVs and mopeds. with counseling, careers, college op- ing connect individuals with serious
to tackling street homelessness, from Additionally, the Adams admin- portunities, and more. mental illness to care, and keeping
building more family-friendly neigh- istration has made smart, upstream Mayor Adams announced that families out of city shelters.
borhoods to saving New Yorkers mil- investments to prevent crime in the New York City will invest $650 mil- Additionally, Mayor Adams reit-
lions of dollars, the initiatives we laid first place, launching a $485 mil- lion to bolster that work and ex- erated his calls for Albany to pass the
out today will make New York City lion blueprint to keep communities pand support for New Yorkers living Supportive Interventions Act in an
the safest place to raise a family, the safe from gun violence that invests on subways, wrestling with serious effort to give those experiencing se-
most affordable place to raise a fami- in mentorship, mental health, and mental illness, and at risk of entering vere mental illness the care they de-
ly, and the best place to raise a family. job training for young at-risk New city shelters. serve and provide assistance to those
My mother never stopped fighting to Yorkers. In 2025, the Adams admin- To help move more New Yorkers who can no longer care for them-
provide her family with a better life, istration will build on that work and off subways, as well as city streets, and selves, potentially posing a danger to
and that is why I will never stop fight- pursue new investments that engage into shelters, the Adams administra- themselves or others.

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