Happy holidays, New York City. In a year-end weekly recap, the Adams administration highlighted several major initiatives it says moved the city forward as it approaches the end of its term. The Mayor pointed to the “Manhattan Plan,” a roadmap to build 100,000 new homes over the next decade by focusing growth near transit, redeveloping city-owned sites, and converting underused office space into housing.
The Mayor also emphasized expanded collaboration with Governor Kathy Hochul, including the next phase of the SPARC Kips Bay project—a planned 2 million-square-foot life sciences hub projected to create 15,000 jobs and generate $42 billion in economic impact over 30 years. Additional shared priorities cited included subway safety initiatives, pro-housing tools such as “City of Yes,” major economic development projects (including the Brooklyn Marine Terminal and Kingsbridge Armory), and affordability measures such as tax cuts and relief programs.
Other announcements included integrating Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn into the NYC Health + Hospitals network, and honoring veteran broadcaster Marvin Scott with a Key to the City for his decades of journalism. The Mayor closed by underscoring public safety as the administration’s “north star,” citing the removal of more than 25,000 illegal firearms over four years and recognizing 29 Crisis Management System organizations with Keys to the City for their community violence-prevention work, while expressing pride in the administration’s record and offering best wishes to the incoming mayor.