{"id":2098,"date":"2024-04-18T03:04:33","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T07:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multi.nycnewsnetwork.com\/nycpolitics\/?p=2098"},"modified":"2024-04-18T03:05:19","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T07:05:19","slug":"mayor-launches-pilot-programs-to-tackle-package-theft-domestic-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/nycpolitics\/mayor-launches-pilot-programs-to-tackle-package-theft-domestic-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Launches Pilot Programs to Tackle Package Theft, Domestic Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"

By: Shenal Tissera<\/a><\/p>\n

New York City Mayor Eric Adams said he was proud to launch two new pilot programs that looks to improve the everyday life of New Yorkers this week- one to help victims of domestic violence find new homes and another to prevent package theft.<\/p>\n

Project Home<\/a> will provide search assistance for permanent housing to domestic violence survivors with children living in city shelters, the mayor said at his weekly press conference on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s crucial. We\u2019ve heard about it over and over again,\u201d said Adams when talking about domestic violence in the city. \u201cThose who have been ignored are not ignored in this administration and victims of domestic violence is real.\u201d<\/p>\n

Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Anne Williams-Isom said the\u00a0administration wants to expedite exits out of shelter, especially for families with children.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to do a random selection of those families and a pretty thorough evaluation so that we can make sure we have the information that we need, if and when we want to replicate it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The most recent data showed that reported cases of domestic violence have been increasing since the pandemic with a peak in 2022\u00a0according to the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Service<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The pilot program will include 100 randomly chosen families to be connected with \u201cspecialized housing navigators\u201d for one year who will help them secure permanent housing using housing vouchers issued under the\u00a0CityFHEPS program<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It also provides an aftercare coordinator designated to help families after they have secured housing with finances, schooling, medical services and any counseling they may need.<\/p>\n

The program in part is being funded by a $300,000 grant supplied by the\u00a0NYC Fund to End Youth and Family Homelessness<\/a>. Also, domestic violence victims living in Human Resources Administration Domestic Violence Shelters will now be eligible for supportive and affordable housing units operated by the\u00a0NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0NYC Housing Preservation and Development<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The second pilot program,\u00a0LockerNYC<\/a>, aims to combat package theft in the city and cut down on delivery truck trips to ease traffic congestion. The yearlong program offers New Yorkers free and secure lockers for their packages to be delivered and retrieved from instead of their porch or doorstep with 24\/7 access.<\/p>\n

\u201c90,000 packages are reported stolen or lost in New York City. 90,000,\u201d said Adams. \u201cThat\u2019s crime that impacts so many people. You\u2019re waiting for that dress, that gown\u2026and someone takes them off your porch, it disrupts your life.\u201d<\/p>\n

The program includes 15\u00a0locations<\/a>\u00a0across several boroughs and will be available across multiple delivery carriers.<\/p>\n

The topic of mayoral control also came up as Governor Kathy Hochul led a last minute push to include an extension for mayoral control over New York City schools,\u00a0set to expire in June, in state budget negotiations.<\/p>\n

In a\u00a0report<\/a>\u00a0released by the New York State Education Department, a majority of both teachers and parents were not in favor\u00a0of mayoral control, whereas system leaders and school administrators were most likely to speak in favor\u00a0of the practice.<\/p>\n

“We can’t continue to think that we can just have these ideal committees of everybody getting their voice in because we can’t agree. I don\u2019t even agree with myself all the time,” said Adams.<\/p>\n

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The mayor said he understood and would love to find an ideal way of hundreds of thousands of parents weighing in on school issues, but then the city would not get anything done.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Meanwhile, City Hall reporters asked Adams to clarify his relationship with Hui Qin, a Chinese billionaire who pleaded guilty to funneling straw donations to U.S. politicians, including the mayor. In a\u00a0previous press conference on March 20<\/a>, Adams admitted to knowing and meeting Qin, but claimed he was just one of the \u201cthousands upon thousands of people\u201d he interacted with while on the campaign trail.<\/p>\n

However, Adams celebrated his 60th birthday at Qin\u2019s penthouse at the Plaza Hotel in 2020 during his tenure as Brooklyn Borough President,\u00a0according to the Daily News<\/a>. Vito Pitta, Adams\u2019 campaign compliance lawyer,\u00a0told the news outlet that\u00a0<\/strong>the party was not a campaign event and it was for Qin\u2019s ex-wife, Emma Duo Liu, who shares a birthday with the mayor.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know how many birthday celebrations I have? People invite me over and they have a cupcake with a candle in the middle of it,\u201d said Adams. \u201cThat\u2019s the life of being a candidate and being a mayor. You\u2019re everywhere\u2026it’s easy to look and find out that someone did something wrong and then find one of those thousands of pictures you took and say, look, you said hello to his daughter. This is the life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brooklyn federal prosecutors made clear all of the campaigns Qin illegally donated to weren\u2019t aware of his actions.<\/p>\n

Liu\u00a0served on Adams\u2019 Asian Affairs Advisory Council<\/a>\u00a0led by\u00a0Winnie Greco who had her two homes in the Bronx raided by the FBI<\/a>\u00a0in February.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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