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14 FEBRUARY 17, 2023

OPINION
A Year of Getting

Stuff Done!

The economy is roaring back, with over 150,000 private-sector jobs added between January and October.
Subway ridership is higher than it has been in two years. Tourism has recovered to 85% of pre-pandemic levels,
supporting jobs across every sector, from hotels to restaurants, bars and shops

ERIC ADAMS

very day when I’m out talking
to my fellow New Yorkers
Eacross the five boroughs, I
hear the same things. All of us want a
strong economy, safe streets and sub-
ways; more affordable housing; sup-
port for working families and a great
education for our children.
When I took office as your
Mayor a year ago, I pledged that we
would Get Stuff Done in these ar-
eas, and I am proud to report that
we have done just that. The econo-
my is roaring back, with over 150,000
private-sector jobs added between
January and October. Subway rider-
ship is higher than it has been in two
years. Tourism has recovered to 85%
of pre-pandemic levels, supporting
jobs across every sector, from ho-
tels to restaurants, bars and shops.
After two years of the COVID At the same time, we are offering gently require. Yorkers who need a break.
pandemic, New York City is back. I alternative pathways to New Yorkers Our young people have struggled A safe city is also a clean and en-
can feel the energy everywhere I go, living in areas that are at high risk for over the past two years. We must make vironmentally resilient city. We started
and I can see the difference from gun violence—for example, job op- sure that they have the tools to recover the largest-in-the-nation composting
when I was on the campaign trail. portunities and training with organi- from the isolation of the pandemic and program in Queens, which we hope to
Much of this is due to our de- zations like BlocPower. to succeed in their careers and lives. expand citywide. We are making sure
termination to focus on public safety Housing our neighbors has nev- So, we expanded the Summer that trash doesn’t collect in neglected
from Day One. While New York re- er been more important; and I have Youth Employment Program to serve areas, like underpasses; and we are
mains the safest big city in America, called for an all-hands-on-deck effort 90,000 young New Yorkers over the limiting the amount of time residential
we know that people need to be safe to build half a million new units of past summer. We’ve instituted dyslex- trash can be left out on the sidewalk in
and to feel safe. That’s why we worked housing over the next 10 years. We ia screenings in our schools so that all an effort to reduce our rat population.
so hard to address crime, disorder, and are already scaling up our efforts on our students can learn to read fluently; Our city continues to face chal-
quality of life issues on every front. this front, building more affordable and we extended our services to youth lenges, but as 2022 draws to a close
The good news is that crime is housing across the five boroughs, and in foster care so we can now support there is much to be optimistic about.
down. Major crimes have dropped investing in improving the public hous- young people ages 21-26, who are fac- It is an honor to be mayor of the
this November from where they were ing that already exists. ing the challenges of transitioning to greatest city in world, And I’m proud
a year ago; and transit crime is down We are also connecting New independent adult lives. of what our city has accomplished to-
nearly 13%—due in large part to our Yorkers in need to stable housing, and And we are supporting our work- gether. I’m looking forward to work-
surge of NYPD officers in the transit are taking bold measures to help our ing families by increasing the Earned ing for you and with you to Get Stuff
system. We’ve removed nearly 7000 brothers and sisters with severe mental Income Tax Credit for the first time in Done for our city in 2023 and beyond.
illegal guns from our streets, and gun illness leave the streets and receive the over 20 years, putting $350 million dol- Eric Adams is the Mayor of
arrests are at a 27-year high. medical support and services they ur- lars in the pockets of hardworking New New York City, NY

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