February 5, 2026 What you should know NEW YORK – TODAY,Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani announced the appointment of Phylisa Wisdom as executive director of the Mayor’s Office to Combat Antisemitism, advancing the administration’s commitment to confronting antisemitism and all forms of hate across New York City. “I am thrilled to welcome Phylisa Wisdom as executive director […]
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February 4, 2026 What you should know NEW YORK, NY – TODAY, Mayor Mamdani announced that LinkNYC terminals across the city are playing a public service announcement (PSA) directly urging homeless New Yorkers to come indoors and connect with city services as dangerously cold temperatures continue. The video also provides guidance for New Yorkers who are concerned about someone they
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February 4, 2026 What you should know NEW YORK, NY – TODAY, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a $38.4 million investment to install deliver clean, reliable heat pumps at NYCHA’s Beach 41st Street Houses in Edgemere, Queens, delivering modern heating and cooling to 712 homes as part of the city’s Clean Heat for All initiative.
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February 3, 2026 What you should know NEW YORK, NY – TODAY, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Department of Social Services (DSS) Commissioner Molly Wasow Park announced the opening of a new Safe Haven shelter in Lower Manhattan to accommodate 106 New Yorkers in need of services. The shelter, which will be operated by longtime nonprofit
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February 3, 2026 What you should know New York, NY – Today, Mayor Mamdani joined the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP), NYC Health + Hospitals and MetroPlusHealth to kick off the 2026 tax season by announcing free, in-person and virtual tax preparation services for New Yorkers as part of DCWP’s NYC Free Tax Prep initiative. Last year 110,000 returns
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February 2, 2026 What you should know NEW YORK, NY – TODAY, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) Commissioner Yume Kitasei announced that the tallest tower of the David N. Dinkins Municipal Building will be opened for entirely free public tours for the first time this summer, making this
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February 1, 2026 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE What A Wonderful World: Free for all New Yorkers on Sunday, February 7 NEW YORK, NY – TODAY, Mayor Zohran Mamdani kicked off Black History Month with a visit to the Louis Armstrong House Museum in Corona, Queens – the longtime home of the legendary jazz musician and his family. Standing in the
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January 31, 2026 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Mayor Mamdani and DSS Announce New Single-Room Shelter Units in Upper Manhattan for Homeless New Yorkers Emergency action comes as the City activates a whole-of-government response to potentially historic winter cold Builds on yesterday’s launch of 17 new mobile warming units for direct outreach, which is expanding to 20 tonight New York,
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January 31, 2026 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAYOR MAMDANI ANNOUNCES NEW APPOINTMENTS, INCLUDING COMMISSIONERS FOR HEALTH AND CORRECTION Mamdani appoints Stanley Richards to lead Department of Correction, the first formerly incarcerated individual to lead the agency in city history Appointments also include Department of Youth and Community Development, Department of Veterans’ Services, and Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings NEW
January 30, 2026 — New York City Emergency Management (NYCEM) has issued a Weather Alert for Sunday, February 1. In coordination with the National Weather Service (NWS), NYCEM is monitoring a coastal low-pressure system expected to bring cold temperatures, breezy winds and a very small potential of light snow to the city, which may lead to slick road conditions and potential travel
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