New York City Council

🔥HEAT ADVISORY🔥 NYC will be under a heat advisory tomorrow from 8am-11pm with temps nearing 100°. Stay safe: ☀️ Limit outdoor activity 💧 Drink plenty of water 🐾 Keep pets cool/indoors 🧠 Know signs of heat illness Find a cooling center near you: finder.nyc.gov/coolingcenters

At a time when behavioral health needs are rising, services have been cut. That’s why it’s so exciting to know that our community will soon be able to access expanded behavioral health services. I’m grateful to my Brooklyn delegation & @MaimoHealth for bringing this to fruition.

Join us in sending birthday wishes to the one and only @CabanD22! 🎂

Please join us in wishing @RitaJosephNYC a very happy birthday! 🎂

Our Maternal Health Steering Committee met at City Hall today, building on our work advancing solutions to end New York's maternal mortality crisis. This work is lifesaving, and we will not stop until every mother gets the care she deserves.

Good news, NYC families! #SummerEBT is here. Qualifying families can receive $120 per child to help with groceries all summer long. Use it at greenmarkets, grocery stores, and anywhere SNAP is accepted. Apply by Sept. 4! Learn more: otda.ny.gov/programs/summe…

Searching for fun summer plans? Step out and savor delicious #NYCRestaurantWeek prix-fixe menus, running Jul 21–Aug 17. Reserve today at @nyctourism: nyctourism.com/restaurant-wee…

On the steps of the Tweed Courthouse, @RitaJosephNYC joined advocates and educators to demand the Trump administration release nearly $500M in frozen federal funds for our public schools.

Earlier today, Council Member @RitaJosephNYC rallied with educators, families, and advocates to demand the Trump administration release the nearly $500M it’s withholding from NYC schools.

Since 2022, @NYCCouncil has approved 120K+ housing units and secured $8B+ in investments to make housing more affordable. That progress is only possible because of our role in the land use process, which Mayor Adams’ Charter Commission is now trying to weaken.

35 years after the ADA, we celebrated a victory in Jackson Heights decades in the making: our Post Office now has a ramp, so it is accessible to everyone! We also have a new, beautiful community garden. Thank you @aoc, @Grace4NY, @Dromm25 , & our constituents. It took a village!

Help save lives from your couch! Join the ACC Foster community. Virtual orientations on Sun, July 27: 🐱 Cat Orientation– 11 AM virtual 🐶 Large Dog Orientation– 1:30 PM virtual Sign up: nycacc.org/foster #NYCACC provides the supplies and support. Must be 18+ to foster.

This week’s flash flooding demonstrated once again how urgently NYC needs resilient infrastructure. Trump’s cuts to FEMA are putting critical projects at risk, leaving our communities more vulnerable to extreme weather events. I applaud @NYStateAG’s leadership on this and hope…

🧹 The Bronx Summer Cleanup Series is back! And this year, all volunteers will receive a voucher for two tickets to select Yankees games! Hosted by @NYCSanitation, this is a call to action: Don’t Do The Bronx Dirty. 🔗 Sign up here: sanitationfoundation.galaxydigital.com/need/detail/?n…

Yesterday, the Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises reviewed a land use application for Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan.