Coney Island Summer Season Begins With the Unveiling of Restored Historic Carousel and Steeplechase Plaza
The Coney Island amusement district officially opens for the summer after suffering damage from Hurricane Sandy.

Mayor Bloomberg Opens All NYC Beaches After Extensive Post-Sandy Restoration Work
All 14 miles of NYC beaches for the 2013 season were badly damaged by Hurricane Sandy and underwent a $270 million-plus restoration to open them this summer.

Online Competition Will Solicit Ideas from Young Men to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Disparities
Participants will have the opportunity to win $5,000 toward a winning project on business development, employment or education.

Mayor Bloomberg Announces Winners of the First Ever NYC Innovative Nonprofit Award
The first ever NYC Innovative Nonprofit Awards support pioneering local nonprofits that exhibit creative approaches and exemplary program implementation.

Partnership for a New American Economy, Organizing for Action, and Republicans for Immigration Reform Kick Off the Largest-Ever Virtual March on Washington
The virtual march on Washington will help ensure lawmakers hear from the people they represent, and help make immigration reform a reality.

Mayor Bloomberg Updates New Yorkers on Recent Hate Crimes
NYC is a place that celebrates diversity - a place where people from around the world come to live free of prejudice and persecution.

Statement on Federal Urban Area Security Initiative Funding
The announcement that the New York region will receive $174 million in Urban Area Security Initiative funding is great news for our city that will bolster our national security.

Mike Bloomberg on SoundCloud: How NYC is Working to Protect New Yorkers
Keeping New Yorkers safe from harm is City government's number one responsibility.

Mayor Bloomberg Delivers Remarks at the New York Law School 2013 Commencement Ceremony
Living honestly means being honest with others. It also means being honest with yourself.

Mayor Bloomberg Delivers Remarks at the Kenyon College 2013 Commencement Ceremony
What's important is not remembering what you've learned; it's realizing how much more there still is to learn.

Mayor Bloomberg Presides Over Graduation Ceremony for 285 Probationary Firefighters
This is the first Fire Department probationary class since 2008 and is the most diverse in the department's history, with 40 percent of its members minorities.

On New York City's Continued Job Growth
New data shows unemployment at four-year low, number of private-sector jobs at all-time high.

New Report Shows U.S. Agriculture Industry Deeply Depends on Foreign Agriculture Workers
A new report shows the U.S. agriculture industry deeply depends on foreign agriculture workers.

Expanded Free Red Hook Summer Ferry Service to Launch Memorial Day Weekend
The expanded service will begin May 25th and run from Pier 11 in Manhattan to a new stop at Van Brunt Street and then to IKEA, both in Red Hook.

NYC Conducting Risk-Based Fire Inspections Based on Data from City Records
The Risk Based Inspection System application uses data from multiple sources, including information from other city agency databases, to assess and prioritize 50,000 buildings firefighters inspect annually.

NYC Leads Cities Nationwide with More than $20 Billion in Water Quality Investments
New York leads the nation with more than $20 billion in investments to protect drinking water and wastewater infrastructure.

NYC's Tech and Tourism Industries Spurs Economic Growth
Creating jobs is one of our most important challenges - and we're working every day to find new ways to spur economic growth.

Federal Government Approves City's Plan for Nearly $1.8 Billion in Hurricane Sandy Recovery Initiatives
The Federal funds allow NYC to extend relief to more New Yorkers in need, particularly home owners and small businesses with extensive damages and expenses.

Mayor Bloomberg Honors Six Fallen New York City Police Department Officers
NYPD added six officers to the Hall of Heroes - one officer who died in the line of duty and five officers who developed illnesses after responding to the September 11, 2011 attacks.

Mayor Bloomberg Announces Pilot Expansion of Earned Income Tax Credit
The $11 million, four-year pilot of the expanded Earned Income Tax Credit will offer up to $2,000 for three years to participants earning $26,500 per year or less.

C40 Cities Announces New Clinton Global Initiative Commitment to Help Cities Prepare for Natural Disasters
The new framework will create a common approach for cities to assess climate risk and provide a process to help cities prioritize risk before investing in climate actions.

Mayor Bloomberg Discusses Public Safety in Weekly Radio Address
Ensuring public safety is government's most basic responsibility, and it's one our Administration has focused on from the very start.

Mayor Bloomberg Presents Fiscal Year 2014 Executive Budget
NYC's economic growth, prudent planning and fiscal discipline have provided for a balanced budget that does not rely on tax increases and maintains the services that have been part of the City's backbone.

Bloomberg Philanthropies Announces Launch of New Website
Bloomberg Philanthropies launched a new website featuring the first comprehensive look at all programs and initiatives in the organization's five key focus areas including Public Health, Environment, Education, Government Innovation and the Arts.

Mayor Bloomberg Delivers Address on Public Safety to NYPD Leadership
New York City has never been safer in its modern era than it is today. This is the safest big city in the country.

Mike Bloomberg on SoundCloud: NYC's Reduction in Gun Violence Vastly Outpaces the Nation's
One of the greatest public health challenges of our time is reducing the epidemic levels of gun violence that plague our nation.

Mayor Bloomberg Updates New Yorkers on Boston Terrorists' Stated Intent to Attack NYC
The City was informed by the FBI that the surviving attacker revealed New York City was next on the list of targets.

Over 100 Restaurants to Participate in "Food Waste Challenge" to Reduce Amount of Waste Sent to Landfills
The program will help meet the City's PlaNYC goals to divert 75 percent of all solid waste from landfills by 2030 and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Mayor Bloomberg Releases Blueprints to Support Municipal Immigrant Integration
The Blueprints for Immigrant Integration will encourage cities around the country to enhance their local immigrant integration efforts.

Rockaway Courthouse Restoration Will Transform Historic Building into New Medical Center
The new medical center will feature a multi-specialty ambulatory surgical center, which will provide new medical services for the Rockaways.

NYC's Expanded Recycling Program to Include All Rigid Plastics for the First Time
The recycling expansion will result in 50,000 additional tons of waste a year no longer ending up in landfills, saving NYC taxpayers $600,000 each year.

Mayor Bloomberg Announces the Winners of the 2013 NYC Literary Honors
The Mayor presents the 2013 Literary Honors to Toni Morrison, Calvin Trillin, Jon Scieszka, John Ashbery, Jules Feiffer, Morton Janklow and Lynn Nesbit, and Alice Markham-Cantor.

NYC is Transforming the Kingsbridge Armory into the World's Largest Indoor Ice Facility
Kingsbridge National Ice Center will feature nine year-round indoor regulation size ice rinks, including a feature rink that can seat approximately 5,000 people.

Mike Bloomberg on SoundCloud: NYC's Efforts to Keep New Yorkers Safe
NYC is doing everything possible to protect New Yorkers from any related threats that might emerge from the Boston Marathon attack.

Mayor Bloomberg Celebrates 11th Annual Poem In Your Pocket Day
Literary organizations across the city celebrated Poem In Your Pocket day with poetry events throughout the day on April 18th.

Leading Global Companies Join PlaNYC's Carbon Challenge
The Carbon Challenge encourages businesses, universities and other private organizations to cut greenhouse gas emissions, improve air quality and reduce the impact of climate change.

Statement on the Failure of the U.S. Senate to Pass Gun Background Check Legislation
More than 40 U.S. senators would rather turn their backs on the 90 percent of Americans who support comprehensive background checks than buck the increasingly extremist wing of the gun lobby.

Statement of Partnership for a New American Economy Co-Chairs on Bipartisan Immigration Reform Legislation
Following the announcement of the bipartisan Senate Gang of Eight's comprehensive immigration reform legislation, Partnership for a New American Economy Co-Chairs Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Rupert Murdoch, and J.W. "Bill" Marriott, Jr. issued the following statements.

Mayor Bloomberg Kicks Off 10th Annual Immigrant Heritage Week
Immigrant Heritage Week is a citywide celebration, from April 17-24, honoring the experiences and contributions of the millions of immigrants who have shaped NYC for generations.

Mayor Bloomberg Updates New Yorkers on Measures NYC is Taking Following Terrorist Attack in Boston
Since yesterday afternoon, NYC has fully mobilized its resources to protect New Yorkers from any related threats that might emerge.

Statement on the Explosions in Boston
As law enforcement authorities investigate today's explosions in Boston, I ask all New Yorkers to keep the victims and their families in your thoughts and prayers.

Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use Awards 500 Grants Since 2007
More than 5 billion people - almost 75 percent of the world's population - live in a country that has received a grant from the initiative.

Mike Bloomberg on SoundCloud: How NYC Tech Initiatives Are Creating Jobs and Improving Quality of Life
Our Administration continues to harness the power of information technology to create new jobs and opportunity for New Yorkers - and also to improve our quality of life.

Statement on the Manchin-Toomey Compromise to Expand Background Checks
Senators Manchin and Toomey have forged a bipartisan compromise to extend background checks to cover commercial gun sales, including online and at gun shows.

NYC Launches New Pilot Program to Pay Parking Meters Remotely and a New Real-Time Parking Availability Map
A cell phone app will allow motorists to find parking sports and pay for parking meters remotely at 264 parking spaces along 18 blocks near Arthur Avenue in the Bronx.

Mayors Against Illegal Guns to Score Congressional Gun Votes
For too long, the only voice that has been loud enough to influence Congress has been the Washington gun lobby.

Mike Bloomberg on SoundCloud: How NYC is Keeping Guns Out of Teen Hands
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, the proportion of teens carrying handguns in New York City in 2011 hit an all-time low of 2.3 percent.

NYC Has a Lower Percentage of Teens Carrying Guns Than in Any Other Major City
Center for Disease Control data shows the percentage of teenagers carrying a gun in NYC has reached an all-time low of 2.3 percent, less than half the national average.

Women and Guns: New Ad and Research Shows How Weak Gun Laws Turn Domestic Abuse Into Murder
Violence against women is directly related to weak gun laws and requiring a background check for every gun sale will save women's lives.

Statement On The Tonight Show Returning to New York City
Not since the since the invention of television has so much film production been based in NYC.

Mayor Bloomberg Delivers Keynote Address at National Rx Drug Abuse Summit
An NYC Task Force has been leading efforts to track and reduce painkiller misuse and to educate patients about the dangers of prescription drug abuse.

Program to Replicate the Local Consumer Protection and Empowerment Models Based on NYC's Department of Consumer Affairs
A partnership which includes NYC will help cities around the country enhance their local consumer protection and financial empowerment abilities.

Mayor Bloomberg Annouces 78 New Schools to Open Next Fall
Since 2002, the Bloomberg Administration has opened 656 total schools, the most under any administration in NYC history.

Celebrating 10 Years of Smoke-Free Restaurants and Bars
Last week, NYC celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Smoke-Free Air Act.

Mayor Bloomberg Hosts Fourth Annual Twitter 'Poetweet' Poetry Contest
In honor of April as National Poetry Month, starting Monday, April 1st, the Office of the Mayor is hosting the fourth annual "NYCPoetweet" Twitter poetry contest.

National Organizations File Amicus Briefs in Support of NYC's Sugary Drink Portion Rule
The lead signatories of the two briefs are National Alliance for Hispanic Health and National Association of Local Boards of Health and they are joined by 30 diverse organizations and health experts.

Statement on Boston Mayor and Mayor Against Illegal Guns Co-Chair Thomas M. Menino
Tom will be remembered as one of the most influential and important mayors in Boston's long history and as someone who began to turn the tide against the scourge of gun violence in this country.

Mayors Against Illegal Guns Leads National "Day To Demand Action" to End Gun Violence
The day was one of the largest gun violence advocacy events in history and is part of the largest field campaign in U.S. history to address gun violence.

Mayor Bloomberg Celebrates the Local, National and Global Impact of Smoke-Free Air Act on its 10th Anniversary
Since NYC passed this landmark legislation in 2003, an estimated 10,000 premature smoking-related deaths have been prevented among New Yorkers.

Mayor Bloomberg Cuts Ribbon on New Central Park Precinct Station House
The precinct office covering Central Park is a City landmark that since 1936 has served as base for New York City's 22nd Precinct.