February 2008


February 5 - Office of Emergency Management (OEM) announces winners of the What If NYC... post disaster housing design competition.

February 5 - Mayor Bloomberg (OM) presented the Key to the City to the Super Bowl XLII Champion New York Giants in a ceremony at City Hall in dial-up or broadband.

February 4 - Mayor Bloomberg (OM) and Department of Transportation (DOT) accept the Bicycle Friendly Community (BFC) Award from the League of American Bicyclists during a meeting at City Hall.

February 4 - Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announces the 22nd annual Water Conservation Art & Poetry Contest.

February 4 - Department for the Aging (DFTA) and Department of Cultural Affairs announce the launch of SM(ART)S: Seniors Meet the Arts (in PDF), a $1 million City-funded initiative to bring cultural organizations and senior centers together to enhance senior participation in the creative life of the City.

February 3 - Department of Health & Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) announces the opening of five new sites for the Nurse-Family Partnership, the City’s successful home visiting program that aims to reduce poverty and improve health for new mothers and their children.

January 2008


January 30 - Mayor Bloomberg (OM) announces the New York City launch of ReMix - Recycling Magazines is Excellent! - a national public education campaign aimed at increasing residential recycling of magazines and catalogs.

January 29 - Mayor Bloomberg (OM), Department of Transportation (DOT), and Department for the Aging (DFTA) launch "Safe Streets for Seniors," a major new pedestrian safety initiative for older New Yorkers, which will work in conjunction with the new All Ages Project that's re-envisioning what it means to grow older in New York City.

January 28 - Mayor Bloomberg (OM) and Department of Sanitation (DSNY) announce that four new heavily-trafficked sites have been added to the Department's successful Public Space Recycling Program.

January 28 - Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre & Broadcasting congratulates the "Made in NY" winners of the 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards and the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.

January 28 - Department of Sanitation (DSNY) announces that the Department collected 160,896 discarded Christmas trees at curbside across the city from Thursday, January 3rd through Wednesday, January 16th.

January 24 - Mayor Bloomberg (OM) announces New York City has again been named one of the country's 100 Best Communities for Young People by America's Promise for a second consecutive year.

January 24 - Department of Small Business Services (SBS) calls for the nominations of individuals, small businesses, and community organizations for the 2008 Neighborhood Achievement Awards.

January 24 - Mayor Bloomberg (OM) presents the Fiscal Year 2009 Preliminary Budget.

January 23 - Department of Youth & Community Development (DYCD) launches its redesigned Web site.

January 23 - Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) announces the launch of Operation: Secret Rider (in PDF) to ensure the best passenger experience possible.

January 23 - Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) announces the launch of 6th Annual Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Campaign, part of Mayor Bloomberg's aggressive efforts to fight poverty in New York City.

January 23 - NYC Fire Department (FDNY) announces the groundbreaking on a new high-rise simulator at the Fire Academy.

January 22 - Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre & Broadcasting announces the that The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the nominees for the 80th Academy Awards, and “Made in NY” films have received sixteen nominations.

January 22 - Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) launches a pilot Online License Renewal Service for cigarette retail dealers.

January 22 - Department for the Aging (DFTA) announces the launch of its aging services modernization effort (in PDF).

January 17 - Department of Health & Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) warns NYC parents and caregivers to keep products containing camphor away from children. Some camphor products can be toxic to children when accidentally ingested or excessively applied to skin.

January 17 - Department of Health & Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) publishes “Taking Your Medicine: How to make it easier when your health - and your life – depend on it” (in PDF).

January 17 - Mayor Bloomberg (OM) delivers 2008 State of the City Address.

January 16 - Department of Small Business Services (SBS) announces the launch of "¡Salud! para Su Negocio" (Health for Your Business!), a four week seminar in Spanish on health insurance options for small businesses.

January 16 - Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) announces a series of three local seminars aimed at educating the public about the growing problem of bedbug infestation throughout the City.

January 16 - Department of Health & Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) reports a 19% increase in influenza in New York City since November.

January 10 - Department of Transportation (DOT) unveils the first of 20 Automatic Public Toilets (APTs) to be installed under the City's Coordinated Street Furniture Franchise with Cemusa, Inc., in Madison Square Park, Manhattan.

January 7 - Department of Transportation (DOT) announces it will hold an open house (in PDF) on January 10 to discuss the proposed Downtown Brooklyn Blueprint, which will meet the transportation needs of Downtown Brooklyn for the next 20 years.

January 7 - Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DOITT) launches 311 Service Request Look-up which allows customers to check the status of existing Service Requests (SRs) created through the 311 Call Center.

January 7 - Department of Small Business Services (SBS) announces the awarding of nearly $1 million in NYC Business Solutions Training Funds to help employers train a record 877 New Yorkers and create 135 jobs, and availability of up to $1 million to help other NYC employers train their workforce.

January 6 - Fire Department (FDNY) announces average Citywide response times for fire companies decreased for the second consecutive year in 2007 as firefighters continued to respond to more calls than ever before in Department history.

January 6 - Department of Corrections (DOC) announces New York City jails were safer in 2007 than they have ever been.

January 4 - Department of Sanitation (DSNY) announces the Department's Citywide Illegal Dumping Task Force seized and impounded 28 vehicles that were involved in incidents of illegal dumping and the theft of recyclables during the month of December.

January 3 - Mayor Bloomberg (OM) and Department of Parks & Recreation (DPR) announce the 12th annual MulchFest, a Citywide event where New Yorkers can recycle their Christmas trees by converting them into wood chips.

January 3 - Voter Assistance Commission (VAC) announces voter registration drives in all five boroughs in January as it kicks off 2008 Voter Awareness Year.

January 2 - Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting announces a number of “Made in NY” productions will be featured at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. The festival runs from January 17-27, 2008.

January 2 - Mayor Bloomberg (OM), the Department of Health & Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), and the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) release new data today from the 2007 New York City Youth Risk Behavior Survey showing that cigarette smoking among New York City teens declined by 20% between 2005 and 2007.