• Taking more guns off our streets – Already this year, we’ve taken over 1,000 illegal firearms off our streets. And since we came into office three years ago, the brave men and women of the NYPD have seized more than 20,700 illegal guns — making our streets safer for families and working-class New Yorkers. These extensive public safety efforts have led to the fewest shooting incidents in NYC history through the first two months of 2025, and ensured New York remains the safest big city in America.
• Providing free baby supplies to new families – We're getting free baby supplies and health resources to families delivering at four public hospitals! Starting a family is one of the greatest joys in life, and we’re making NYC the best place to raise a family. The boxes will help more than 7,000 families each year — providing free diapers, wipes, feeding and bathing supplies, a “Made in NYC” onesie, your baby's first book, and more.
• Opening new affordable and supportive housing – We announced a new 93-unit apartment building in Brooklyn that will bring affordable and supportive housing to NYC Health + Hospitals patients experiencing homelessness. Permanent housing makes it easier to manage health conditions, and this new apartment building on the Woodhull Hospital campus will be life changing for our medically-vulnerable neighbors, low-income seniors, and struggling families.

↳ Three things to know this week:

1. Don’t forget: it’s mandatory to separate your trash and compost in New York City. Starting on April 1, you may be subject to fines if you don’t compost your food scraps, yard waste, and food-soiled paper. Check out these helpful tips, and learn more about citywide composting here. 
2. In response to the record growth in New Yorkers’ bike ridership, the NYC Department of Transportation widened and extended the bike lane along Manhattan’s Sixth Avenue! This project is part of our greater work to make safer streets for all, including the recent completion of four other bike lane improvements in the borough. 
3. When we sprung our clocks forward on Sunday, we launched ourselves one step closer to a beautiful spring in the city. While we can already see some blooming bulbs peeking out of flowerbeds in our parks, April is when spring will start to feel like it’s in full swing. Here’s NYC Park’s guide for when and where to expect new flowers and trees all season long! 

↳ FREE events this weekend:

...North America's oldest and largest continuously running mounted police unit is located right here in New York City? The NYPD Mounted Unit is home to our city’s horseback officers and has been in operation since 1858! Nicknamed “10-foot cops,” these human/horse duos may look cute from afar, but when it comes to bravely doing their jobs to keep us safe, they’re not horsing around. 

What does a day in the life of a Mounted Unit sergeant look like? Watch this behind-the-scenes video! 

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