The change in status comes as the number of hospitalizations in the city due to COVID has increased steadily over the past two months and as more and more New Yorkers test positive.
With the end of the legislative session drawing to a close, Adams and several of his top deputies will visit the state capital Tuesday to lobby lawmakers on a slate of his stalled policy priorities including his hope to keep control of the city’s public school system.
“This is not Jesse James and the Sundance Kid, who can draw the fastest, you know?” the mayor said, responding to a reporter’s question about that pro-gun argument.
Housing advocates contend that even the lower range of rent increases are far too much for tenants to bear, given the economic chaos caused by COVID and a lack of lawyers available to represent tenants in eviction cases.