NEW YORK CITY — Today, Mayor Eric Adams and Department of Citywide Administrative Services Commissioner Louis A. Molina are celebrating major milestones reached over the past four years, with the department achieving major progress across sustainability, workforce development, street safety, and affordability initiatives. These gains have only bolstered the City of New York’s vision of building a cleaner, safer, fairer, and more affordable city for New Yorkers and those who serve it.

"We took office with a simple promise: to 'Get Stuff Done,’ and, four years later, our administration can say we delivered that every day for working-class New Yorkers," said Mayor Adams. "We drove shootings to record lows and pushed jobs and small businesses to record highs. We rewrote the playbook on homelessness and mental health to finally get New Yorkers living on our streets the help they need, and, after decades of half-measures, passed historic housing legislation to turn New York into a 'City of Yes.' We overhauled the way our students learn to read and do math, cut the cost of childcare, and forgave medical debt. We eliminated taxes for low-income families, launched free universal after-school programming, offered thousands of jobs to New Yorkers as part of the city’s ongoing hiring events, and began transitioning the full city fleet to renewable-diesel, reducing emissions citywide. We got scaffolding off our buildings, trash bags off our streets, and opened up new public spaces for New Yorkers to enjoy. The haters may have doubted us, but the results are clear. On issue after issue, we brought common-sense leadership to create a safer, more affordable city, and our work has changed our city for the better; it will stand the test of time because we made New York City the best place to live and raise a family."

“Over the past four years, we have made tremendous progress toward our goal of making New York City the strongest, cleanest, and safest big city in the country, and we at DCAS have been proud to be part of this effort,” said DCAS Commissioner Molina. “From leading efforts to advance green energy and using technology to make our streets safer, to launching new, innovative programs to strengthen our municipal workforce and keep the City of New York as the city’s employer of choice, we have been at the pinnacle of progress for New Yorkers and municipal employees, and our commitment will never waver.”

Sustainability — Leading the Nation in a Greener Future

For decades, DCAS has been a leader in promoting green initiatives in New York City, with the promise of a cleaner city for New Yorkers. Some of the recent achievements include:

• A $4 billion plan to construct all-electric new schools and electrify 100 existing schools.
  • As part of the initiative, the city is installing energy-efficient LED lighting in 800 schools and investing in the development of a “green workforce,” combining climate action with long-term career and public health benefits for students, staff, and neighborhoods.
  • Recently, the city completed 300 direct-install lighting upgrades at schools.
• Completion of the transition of the full city fleet to renewable diesel, reducing emissions citywide.
  • To date, the City of New York has used over 34 million gallons of renewable diesel.
  • DCAS is collaborating with the NYC Department of Transportation and other maritime agencies to power boats and ferries with renewable diesel.
  • The Staten Island Ferry fleet has fully transitioned to renewable diesel.
• Signing of legislation paving the way to fully electrify all city government vehicles.
  • With the signing of this legislation, the city locked in a commitment to transition its entire municipal automobile fleet to zero-emissions vehicles by 2038, codifying years of progress toward a cleaner, greener New York.
  • DCAS now operates the largest electric vehicle (EV) fleet in New York State, with 5,735 EVs currently in service and 410 additional units on order.
• Completion of NYC’s largest collection of solar arrays, driving citywide clean energy goals.
  • The 72 schools with solar arrays represent nearly 17 megawatts of the city’s solar production, nearly tripling the municipal solar capacity.
  • Announcement marks NYC Public Schools surpassing 100 solar installations, advancing clean energy commitments coupled with robust in-school sustainability initiatives and climate education in the classroom.
• Collaborative efforts with public health and cultural institutions — Health + Hospitals, Bronx Zoo, FIT, Metropolitan Museum of Art — to reduce carbon emissions and energy use.

Workforce — Investing in the People Who Power the City

In tandem with DCAS’ sustainability efforts, the agency also is the leader in workforce programs, and over the years has been responsible for the expansion of financial wellness and debt relief programs for city workers, and creating access to affordable child-care, education, and training programs. Through these efforts, DCAS has renewed its commitment to ensuring city employees can live, work, and thrive in the communities they serve. Most recent achievements include:

• 1,000 job offers reached through NYC Government Hiring Halls — connecting New Yorkers to civil service careers.
  • This community-centered model has now become a mainstay in the city’s recruitment efforts with Small Business Services and Workforce and Talent Development leading new efforts to engage New Yorkers with public and private career opportunities in neighborhoods with the highest rates of unemployment.
• A child-care pilot launched for DCAS employees with children as young as six weeks old, helping working families thrive. The first pilot site at 1 Centre Street is set to open in Fall 2026.
  • $10 million investment will fund the first-ever municipal childcare pilot program for DCAS employees.
  • This brand-new municipal childcare pilot leverages underutilized city-owned space to operate on-site, affordable childcare.
  • This initiative builds on the Administration’s historic, permanent funding to 3-K citywide expansion, and special education pre-K.
• Student loan relief partnership with “Summer,” projected to eliminate $360 million in student loan debt for over 100,000 public servants.
  • First unveiled in the 2025 State of the City address, the initiative will help city employees and qualifying family members enroll in the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness program and income-driven repayment plans for free.
  • The announcement follows Mayor Adams’ “best budget ever,” which invests in affordability, public safety, and the quality-of-life issues New Yorkers care most about.
• Historic lows in Black unemployment and a $1 million advertising campaign to connect more New Yorkers to city jobs.
  • As of April 2024, since the start of the Adams Administration, Black unemployment has been down by more than 25 percent.
  • The “Run This Town” advertising campaign follows the launch of “Jobs NYC,” which delivers job opportunities directly to communities experiencing high unemployment.
• Reopening of CityStore as a symbol of accessibility, civic pride, and public service.
  • The newly remodeled CityStore, with its bright, modern design and new street-level entrance on Centre Street makes the store more welcoming and accessible, reflecting a renewed commitment to celebrating what makes our city special.
  • The updated CityStore gives city employees and New Yorkers a tangible way to show pride in their service and in the city, boosting morale across municipal agencies.
• P.I.C. — High School Equivalency & College Credit Program launched and expanded to all city agencies, creating career growth opportunities for municipal employees.
  • Over the past four years, the agency piloted and then expanded the E.P.I.C. @ MCNY program giving hundreds of municipal employees a real path to earn a high school equivalency diploma and 27 college credits.
  • The innovative program has enabled working New Yorkers to pursue further education without sacrificing their jobs or income, strengthening both workforce stability and individual opportunity.

Street Safety — Technology Saving Lives

During the Adams Administration, DCAS has doubled down of efforts to make the city safer for New Yorkers, with a particular emphasis on street safety. Overseeing nearly 25,000 municipal vehicles, DCAS has been forward-thinking and explorative when it comes to vehicle safety, including through the implementation of Intelligent Speed Assist, and new telematic systems. Some recent highlights include:

• Implementation of new safety technology on city fleet vehicles to reduce speeds and save lives – including Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA).
  • Since its launch in 2022, the ISA program has grown from a pilot of 50 vehicles to now covering more than 7,000 non-emergency city fleet vehicles, making it the largest municipal ISA program in the world.
  • In its early phases, ISA-equipped vehicles logged over six million miles and showed a 64% reduction in speeding behaviors, proving the effectiveness of adopting advanced safety technology across a diverse fleet of trucks, vans, and service vehicles.
  • The expansion of ISA is part of a multi-year modernization of the city fleet, including upgrades like telematics, side guards, surround cameras, and automatic braking, underscoring a long-term transformation toward safer, more accountable municipal services for all New Yorkers.
• Launch of the first-in-the-nation School Bus Safety Transition Plan, ensuring safe transportation for NYC students.
  • Since its unveiling, the School Bus Safe Fleet Transition Plan has made New York City the first jurisdiction in the United States to deploy Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) on school buses, embedding cutting-edge safety technology.
  • The initiative has expanded beyond a small pilot to include 300 city fleet vehicles — among them 50 school buses — ensuring that school bus operators are governed by telematics, speed and collision-alert monitoring, and mandatory defensive driving training to maximize safety.
• Integration of telematics, AI-based safety systems, and driver monitoring tools to improve accountability and reduce collisions.
  • Since the launch of the Safe Fleet Transition Plan (SFTP) in 2017, DCAS has implemented over 100,000 safety upgrades across the city fleet.
  • By equipping nearly 6,900 vehicles with forward/rear automatic braking and deploying ISA in hundreds more the city is delivering on long-term promises to modernize its fleet and advance the goals of Vision Zero.

About the NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services

The NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) makes city government work for all New Yorkers. Our commitment to equity, effectiveness, and sustainability guides our work providing City agencies with the resources and support needed to succeed, including:

• Recruiting, hiring, and training City employees.
• Managing 55 public buildings.
• Acquiring, selling, and leasing City property.
• Purchasing over $1 billion in goods and services for City agencies.
• Overseeing the greenest municipal vehicle fleet in the country.
• Leading the City’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions from government operations.

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