In his first 100 days in office, New York City Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani moved swiftly to deliver on his promise to protect New Yorkers, advancing policies centered on health, safety, and dignity - especially for those most often left behind.
"Protecting New Yorkers demands action rooted in justice, equity and care," said New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. "In our first 100 days, we took concrete steps to increase public health and safety, protect vulnerable and historically disenfranchised communities, and reaffirm New York as a place of refuge and possibility."
Advancing True Public Safety
Mayor Mamdani advanced a comprehensive approach to public safety - one that prioritizes prevention, transparency and fairness. Actions include:
- Driving crime to historically low levels in the first three months, including record-low incidents of murder, shootings, and burglaries
- Appointing the City's first Deputy Mayor for Community Safety and creating the first-ever Office of Community Safety
- Codifying the release of body-worn camera footage within 30 days of critical incidents, strengthening accountability
- Ending criminal enforcement for low-level traffic offenses involving e-bike riders and cyclists
Protecting Immigrant New Yorkers
In the face of escalating federal threats, the Mamdani administration acted decisively to defend immigrant communities and uphold New York's legacy as a sanctuary city. Actions include:
- Launching a Know Your Rights campaign in 10 languages and distributing 30,000 flyers through houses of worship
- Signing Executive Order 13 to reinforce sanctuary protections by:
- Prohibiting ICE from entering City properties - including schools, shelters, and hospitals - without a judicial warrant
- Strengthening data privacy protections
- Ordering agency audits and creating a crisis-response task force
Reforming the Corrections System
The Mamdani Administration committed to closing Rikers Island while advancing immediate reforms to ensure humane conditions for those in custody and those who work in the system. Actions include:
- Ordering full compliance with the City's ban on solitary confinement and Board of Correction minimum standards
- Appointing Stanley Richards as Department of Correction commissioner, the first formerly incarcerated person to lead the department
- Opening the first Outposted Therapeutic Housing Unit at NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue, expanding access to specialized care for the most clinically vulnerable at Rikers Island.
Responding to Severe Winter Storms
During one of the harshest winters in recent years, the administration mobilized a large-scale response to keep New Yorkers safe and the city operational. Actions include:
- Expanding NotifyNYC to nearly 1.5 million subscribers
- Implementing the first-ever 24-hour Code Blue, opening new warming centers, deploying new warming buses and transitioning approximately 2,000 placements of unsheltered New Yorkers into shelter between January 19 and March 4
Keeping New Yorkers Healthy
The Mamdani Administration prioritized access to care and services that allow all New Yorkers to live with dignity. Actions include:
- Closing the dilapidated 30th Street Shelter, while maintaining overall shelter capacity
- Opening the City's first-ever pet inclusive family shelter at Magnolia Gardens and a new HELP Women's Intake Shelter in East New York
- Investing $20 million in perinatal and early childhood mental health through the Strong Foundations Initiative
- Launching a $1 million public campaign to promote vaccinations
- Expanding overdose prevention services and opening new youth health clinics in Brooklyn and Queens
Protecting LGBTQIA+ New Yorkers
Mayor Mamdani established the Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs to lead policies and programs supporting LGBTQIA+ New Yorkers.
He appointed civil rights attorney Taylor Brown - the first openly transgender person to lead a New York City agency - to head the office, marking a historic step toward inclusive leadership.
