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14 APRIL 12, 2024

Mayor Adams Launches Five-Borough

Multifaith Tour, Bringing Together

Multidenominational Leaders

OUR BUREAU

NEW YORK, NY
ew York City Mayor Eric
Adams has announced the
Ncity’s first “Five-Borough
Multifaith Tour,” a series of conver-
sations with clergy and faith leaders
from across New York City to hear
directly from them and discuss solu-
tions to the serious issues facing their
communities. The tour will begin to-
day with a meeting of approximately
100 faith leaders from across Staten
Island and continue with meetings in
each borough over the coming weeks.
This is the second series of multide-
nominational meetings convened by
the Adams administration and builds
on the city’s work to engage with and
meet the needs of all faith communi-
ties.
“No matter the issue, New York
City’s faith community is there for
New Yorkers in need, working tire-
lessly to keep people fed, safe, and
healthy, both mentally and physical-
ly,” said Mayor Adams. “Faith lead- faith leaders to discuss their work in will unlock the ability for faith-based needs and traumas that gun violence
ers are on the frontlines of countless the community and the issues and organizations to add new housing creates. The programs and services
issues and our administration is com- concerns facing their organizations on their properties and generate in- are run by local faith leaders across
mitted to supporting them however on Staten Island.” come by updating zoning laws so they the city with assistance from the New
we can. I’m grateful to our faith com- The Adams administration has can more easily create much-needed York City Department of Youth and
munities for all they do, and I look engaged faith leaders on a number new housing on their properties or Community Development, the Of-
forward to sitting down with leaders of issues, ranging from housing and convert older buildings to housing. fice of Neighborhood Safety, the Of-
from across the city, as we embark on homelessness to public safety and In January 2024, Mayor Adams fice of Faith-Based and Community
our Five-Borough Multifaith Tour, the asylum seeker humanitarian and a coalition of multifaith leaders Partnerships, and the New York City
starting on Staten Island today.” crisis. Last month, Mayor Adams from across the city launched the Police Department.
“I am delighted to kick off our announced additional details of his Citywide Clergy Collective, a group The Five-Borough Multifaith
second round of gatherings with plan to help faith-based organiza- of 272 faith leaders committed to Tour also builds on the work of the
multifaith leaders across the five bor- tions and other mission-based non- preventing gun violence in New York Adams administration’s “Breaking
oughs,” said Mayor’s Office of Faith- profits build critically-needed afford- City, at the administration’s annual Bread, Building Bonds,” a citywide
Based and Community Partnerships able housing across the five boroughs. interfaith breakfast. Using a $1.5 mil- initiative to combat the rise in hate
Executive Director Pastor Gilford T. As a key proposal in the Adams ad- lion grant from the New York State crimes in many communities, and
Monrose. “These meetings will be ministration’s historic “City of Yes Department of Criminal Justice, foster mutual understanding be-
held for leaders of churches, temples, for Housing Opportunity” plan — a Citywide Clergy Collective members tween New York’s diverse neighbor-
synagogues, mosques, and all the proposed set of zoning changes that deliver resources, direct services, hoods. Since launching in January
places of worship that play a critical aims to combat the city’s housing cri- and community-building programs 2023, the program has organized
role in all our communities. Today’s sis by adding “a little more housing to all New Yorkers across the five over 1,100 meals citywide and had
first meeting is an opportunity for in every neighborhood” — the plan boroughs as they respond to the over 11,000 participants.

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