Housing at NYC libraries and Aqueduct Racetrack proposed by City Council speaker
New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams unveiled a slate of proposals to make the city more affordable and family-friendly in her third State of the City address on Wednesday, in which she urged local officials to “get back to basics” and “make government work” for all New Yorkers.
Speaker Adams said she wants to turn the city’s underutilized land, including at certain library branches, into housing and community uses. “This presents a generational opportunity to transform this site into housing and homeownership, open space, and new community amenities,” she said. Bills to create postpartum support programs, expand nurse home visits for low-income and first-time mothers, and fund psychologist positions in the maternal health departments of the city’s public hospitals are also being considered, according to the speaker.
The Council is also working to bolster mental health resources for the city’s jail system, where more than half of detainees have a mental health diagnosis. Speaker Adams said expanding mental health courts and services to eliminate months-long wait times, increasing the supply of therapeutic hospital beds, and sustaining trauma recovery centers are among the proposals.
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