GOV. HOCHUL'S STATE OF THE STATE SPEECH

CORONAVIRUS & MONKEYPOX

1. HERE’S THE NY SCOOP

THE STATS:

1,076,095 vaccines bivalent vaccines
602 new hospitalizations, up from 271 last week
10,277 new cases, up from 4,459 in December

GOOD NEWS

20,000 More Apartments – Lawd, dont’ deceive us. Mayor Adams announced a plan to convert empty office space into 20,000 apartments across the city. This is part of a goal to create 500,000 more apartments! Whaddya have to do to get an apartment with a washer/dryer under $3000 here?

It is clear we need to find innovative ways to create new housing in our city.

Now, with a new set of recommendations, we will have a new framework in place to turn underused office space into thousands of homes for New Yorkers.

Learn more: https://t.co/IWavMdosHa pic.twitter.com/87a3yPXGqz
— Mayor Eric Adams (@NYCMayor) January 9, 2023

BAD NEWS

Can’t we all get along? – Over 7000 nurses went on strike today after the Nurses Union failed to negotiate with the hospitals despite 8 other hospitals accepting the raise.

GIVE US THE SCOOP

2. BREAKING DOWN GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL’S STATE OF THE STATE SPEECH

Today, Governor Kathy Hochul announced the”Achieving the New York Dream” agenda – which includes 147 HUGE initiatives. Here are some of the ones that stuck out to us!

WHAT’S HAPPENING?

Affordable Housing
- Build 800,000 new homes over the next decade!
- Propose legislation to easily convert office buildings to housing – approx 120 million square feet newly eligible for conversion.
Community Safety
- Double funding ($15M) to invest in social + community programs to reduce recidivism.
- Triple funding for more police to go after illegal guns, Fentanyl and more.
Mental Health
- Increasing 1,000 beds for inpatient psychiatric treatment, creating 3,500 units of housing to serve New Yorkers with mental illness,
- increasing insurance coverage for mental health services, + figuring out what happens after being discharged from the hospital.
- mental health services in schools
- adding 500 SRO or single-room occupancy rooms for the mentally unwell

What do you think of Gov Kathy Hochul’s measures?

Let us know your thoughts!

OH HEY, HELLO, ciaooo!

3. DO SOME GOOD THIS YEAR WITH BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NYC

January is National Mentoring Month, which means Big Brothers Big Sisters of NYC is kicking off our recruitment cycle this year. Our goal is to recruit 500 mentors across the five boroughs.

This happy hour is cohosted by the Asian Mentoring Committee( AMC) & The Young Professionals Committee(YPC) of BBBS NYC.

If you have an interest in giving back and networking with other young professionals in NYC, join us for an information session/ happy hour at Five Iron Golf, on Friday, January 20th.
Light food & refreshments will be served & your 1st drink is on us.
Cash Bar with Happy Hour pricing from 6-8pm

GET YOUR TICKET

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