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New York City Mayor Eric Adams meets with Speaker Carl Heastie as he travels to Albany to testify about New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s 2026 Executive Budget on February 4, 2025. -Photo by Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office By Mayor Eric Adams Community OpEd Queens Voice   NEW YORK - Since day one of our administration, our mission has been to make New York City a safer, more affordable city that is the best place to raise a family. Last week, our team and I visited Albany to advocate for funding and legislation so that we can continue to fulfill that mission and keep delivering for working-class New Yorkers. We focused on four key areas. First, passing our “Axe the Tax for the Working Class” legislation to make life more affordable for working-class New Yorkers. This plan eliminates or cuts city personal income taxes for low-income New Yorkers at a moment when our state faces a historic affordability crisis. We anticipate that “Axe the Tax” wi...

The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with an assault on a straphanger on board an F train. - Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein Queens Voice February 10, 2025 QUEENS - A Queens subway rider was smashed in the face with a metal object by an attacker on the F train, the NYPD said.  At around midnight on February 5, a 26-year-old male was riding a northbound F train in Rego Park. As the train neared the 67 Avenue Station, a man walk up to him. Cops said without warning the man struck the straphanger in the face with a metal object.  When the train stopped at the station, the attacker jumped off and fled in an unknown direction. However, police were able captured the suspect’s image on station surveillance cameras.  The suspect is described as a male with a medium complexion. He is balding with dark hair and a scraggy beard. He was last seen wearing a bright red shirt with white lettering on the c...

  A heated campaign had urged attending physicians to reject the pending contract with the city Health + Hospitals system, citing staffing and pay.  This article originally appeared in The City. By  Claudia Irizarry Aponte Additional reporting by Jonathan Custodio NEW YORK - Attending physicians in ten of the city’s public hospitals system facilities voted to approve a new contract with Health + Hospitals and its affiliates, their union, Doctors Council SEIU, announced Monday, ending their protracted negotiations that culminated with the threat of a strike at several public hospitals earlier this month. But a majority of physicians at three other H+H facilities — Jacobi Medical Center, North Central Bronx Hospital and Harlem Hospital Center — rejected the deal and will go back into bargaining with the city and the private employers who provide the staffing.  The votes followed an organized systemwide opposition cam...

Mayor Eric Adams announces that the New York City Police Department (NYPD) has removed more than 20,000 illegal firearms from New York City streets since the beginning of the administration. -Photo by Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office. By Mayor Eric Adams  Community OpEd  January 27, 2025   NEW YORK - From the moment I was sworn in as your mayor three years ago, our primary mission has been to create safer streets, safer subways, and a safer city for New York families. That means tackling the issue of gun violence head-on and working to get illegal guns out of the hands of criminals before they can cause more harm.   The numbers are in, and I am proud to say that our administration made significant progress in getting guns off our streets and out of our communities. As of last week, we have confiscated more than 20,000 illegal firearms since we first took office. That is 20,000 weapons that no longer threaten the safety of our neighborhood...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams delivers his fourth State of the City address at the Apollo Theater in Harlem on January 9, 2025. -Photo by Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office By Mayor Eric Adams Community OpEd Queens Voice January 14, 2025   NEW YORK - Last week in Harlem, the neighborhood where generations of Black families have flourished, I reported to New Yorkers on the state of our city and outlined an ambitious agenda to make New York City the best place to raise a family.   When we came into office three years ago, COVID, crime, and chaos­­­­­­­ had thrown New York into uncertainty and pushed too many families away. I told you then that we would not just bring our city back; we’d make it better than ever.   That started with keeping families safe. We put thousands of new officers onto our streets, took nearly 20,000 illegal guns off them, and launched a $485 million action plan to prevent gun violence. These efforts have paid off, with...