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Community Op-ED NOVEMBER 21, 2025 | The Indian Eye 12

NYC Administration

accomplishments in the past

four years

ture. We advanced five neighborhood
plans to create more than 50,000
homes over the next 15 years, and
we created, preserved, or planned
433,250 homes since the start of the
administration — and we’re not done
yet. Thanks to our work, hundreds
of thousands of New Yorkers will
have the key to affordable and abun-
dant housing in the years to come.
We have also supported a major
expansion of public space, creating
over 74 football fields of new parks,
ERIC ADAMS greenways, and recreational spaces
since the start of our administration.
or nearly four years, the Adams Because of so much of what we
administration has worked ev- accomplished, New York is a great
Fery day to make New York City city to raise a family in, and our world-
a safer, more affordable city for all, class public schools support a diverse
especially working-class families. We population of students and families
have made great progress on public The economy reached new heights on our watch, shattering the record for the most jobs in city from all over the world. We are com-
safety, public health, and economic history 12 times in a row (File photo) mitted to excellence, and by imple-
growth, and we continue to be the menting new evidence-based reading
most pro-housing administration in and math instruction to half a million
modern city history. We are proud of “War on Trash” that has been an un- nesses, and cut unemployment by 39 students, we were able to improve
our track record, and we know that qualified success. New rules requiring percent since start of our administra- student test scores across the board.
the work we have done will keep our 70 percent of city trash to be moved tion. At this moment, we are celebrat- We are also supporting working fam-
city’s fundamentals strong in the years into containers have been transforma- ing 4.9 million jobs in the city, another ilies with the launch of our free “Af-
to come. tive, resulting in cleaner streets and record-setting number. terschool for All” program thanks
Nowhere is this more obvious fewer rats. New Yorkers work hard, and to a total investment of $755 million,
than public safety, where we have Protecting public safety means this administration is determined to and we cut the average co-payment
hired nearly 10,000 new police offi- protecting public health, and we are put money back in their pockets. We for subsidized childcare from $55 per
cers and driven crime down to his- proud that we have effectively done passed our “Axe the Tax for the Work- week in 2022 to less than $5 per week
toric lows. Shootings are down by 54 both, especially when it comes to help- ing Class” plan to eliminate and cut today — that’s an average savings of
percent and murders are down by 36 ing those suffering from serious men- city personal income taxes for work- nearly $1,300 per child each year!
percent compared to the same period tal illness. Our “Subway Safety Plan” ing families, resulting in $63 million in We are proud of all we have ac-
before the start of our administration. has moved 8,800 New Yorkers off our savings. We also partnered with Un- complished, from the daily work of
Thanks to our work — including re- subways and streets and into shelters. due Medical Debt to forgive $2 billion keeping our city running to sheltering
moving over 24,000 illegal guns — We created a new PATH initiative to in medical debt for half a million New and serving more than 239,500 mi-
shooting incidents and shooting vic- partner nurses and police officers and Yorkers and provided free internet grants from 160 countries when they
tims are both at their lowest levels in made over 20,000 engagements with and basic cable TV access to 330,000 had nowhere else to turn. New York-
our city’s recorded history. unhoused New Yorkers living in the New Yorkers in NYCHA through ers always stand up for each other and
In addition to fighting violent subway system in the first year alone. “Big Apple Connect.” These efforts for our way of life, and our city work-
crime, we have protected our neigh- Most importantly, we changed the and more have helped us put a total ers will always do the same. As the
borhoods and our quality of life by conversation on serious mental illness, of more than $30 billion back into the Mamdani administration prepares
shutting down 1,500 illegal cannabis emphasizing care and commitment pockets of working-class New Yorkers. to take office, we are committed to
stores and seizing over $100 million instead of letting those in crisis suffer We’ve known from day one that a smooth and successful transition,
in illegal cannabis products. We have on our streets. being pro-affordability meant need- as we work with the future mayor to
made our streets safer by confiscating The economy reached new ing to be pro-housing. That is why keep New York the safest big city in
more than 120,000 illegal e-bikes and heights on our watch, shattering the we mobilized to pass our “City of America, to expand economic oppor-
mopeds, as well as implementing a 15- record for the most jobs in city history Yes” agenda, the first citywide rezon- tunity for all, and to improve quality
mph speed limit that will protect both 12 times in a row. We also broke the ing initiative in six decades, to create of life across the five boroughs.
pedestrians and riders. We have also record for the most small businesses up to 80,000 new homes and invest Eric Adams is the Mayor of
made our streets cleaner, launching a in city history, with 183,000 small busi- $5 billion in housing and infrastruc- New York City, NY

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