NYC Press Releases

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NYC Opens New Job Center for City Careers and Hiring

New Yorkers looking for City government jobs will soon have a permanent location where they can get help navigating applications, civil service exams and the hiring process. The new Jobs NYC Center at 2 Lafayette Street in Manhattan will offer walk-in career assistance, hiring events, workshops and direct connections with City agencies seeking employees. Developed by the Department of Small Business Services and Department of Citywide Administrative Services, the center will also provide career-development resources for existing municipal employees. The location has already hosted hiring activity during a soft launch, including an August hiring hall that resulted in 17 new hires for the NYC Business Express Service Team. Regular walk-in hours at the center begin October 5.

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Mount Sinai, J&J Partner on New Brain Tumor Treatment

Mount Sinai researchers are collaborating with Johnson & Johnson to evaluate an experimental technology designed to deliver radiation directly to brain tumors through their blood supply. Developed by clinical researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, the approach combines Iodine-131 with Johnson & Johnson's TRUFILL n-BCA in an effort to simultaneously restrict blood flow to a tumor and concentrate radiation within targeted vessels. Initial research will focus on meningiomas, the most common primary brain tumors in adults. Researchers will use patient-derived 3D-printed vascular models and advanced imaging to study how the agent is distributed before moving to preclinical evaluation. The research could provide a foundation for potential future clinical studies.

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Columbia Reports 32% Drop in Discrimination Filings

Columbia University reported a 32 percent decline in incident reports involving potential violations of its institutional equity policies during the 2025-26 academic year, according to newly released annual data. The University's Office of Institutional Equity documented 2,118 reports and 1,328 cases, with the number of cases declining 27 percent from the previous year. Columbia also identified 99 cases involving allegations of antisemitism, anti-Arab, anti-Muslim or anti-Palestinian discrimination and Islamophobia, representing a 67 percent year-over-year decrease. However, reports of sexual harassment increased from the prior year, while dating and domestic violence reports rose for a second consecutive year. A separate university report found relatively few potential conduct violations among thousands of campus events.

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NYC Hospitals Complete $10M Energy-Saving Upgrades

NYC Health + Hospitals has completed nearly $10 million in energy-efficiency improvements at two public healthcare facilities in Queens and Manhattan. More than 16,000 aging light fixtures at NYC Health + Hospitals/Queens in Jamaica and NYC Health + Hospitals/Coler on Roosevelt Island were replaced with high-efficiency LED technology and modern controls. The projects are expected to save approximately 2 million kilowatt-hours of electricity and about $461,000 in energy, maintenance and related costs annually while eliminating roughly 600 metric tons of carbon emissions each year. The upgrades were funded through the Department of Citywide Administrative Services and implemented by the New York Power Authority as part of broader efforts to reduce energy consumption and emissions from municipal buildings.

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Mount Sinai Study Finds Clues to CAR-T Side Effects

Mount Sinai researchers have identified biological changes that may help explain why some multiple myeloma patients develop a serious intestinal complication following CAR-T cell therapy. The study found that CAR-T cells can remain in intestinal tissue long after treatment and that patients with CAR-T-associated enterocolitis experience widespread disruption involving several types of cells in the gut. Researchers also detected increased activity in inflammatory pathways that could provide targets for future therapies. Two patients treated with the JAK1 inhibitor upadacitinib experienced improvements in symptoms and intestinal inflammation, although further research is needed. The study, led by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, was published September 23 in Nature Medicine.

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City Tech Gets $200K for Hospitality Scholarships

New York City College of Technology, a CUNY college located in Downtown Brooklyn, will receive another $200,000 for scholarships supporting students pursuing careers in New York City's hospitality industry. The Francesco and Mary Giambelli Foundation renewed its four-year commitment to the City Tech Foundation, providing $50,000 annually for Hospitality Management students. The new grant will bring the foundation's total support for the program to $400,000 after an initial commitment funded scholarships for 50 students between 2022 and 2026. Awards range from $500 to the cost of a full semester's tuition and are available to eligible full- and part-time students based on financial need, academic achievement or a combination of both.

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$143M Queens Senior Housing Opens With 173 Homes

A $143 million affordable and supportive housing development has been completed in Jamaica, Queens, adding 173 apartments for older New Yorkers along with an on-site health center. Sutphin Senior Housing and Clinic includes 121 apartments for residents age 62 and older earning up to 50 percent of Area Median Income and 52 supportive units for people age 55 and older who have experienced chronic homelessness. All apartments receive project-based Section 8 rental assistance. The 15-story development at 97-10 Sutphin Boulevard also includes a 15,000-square-foot Community Healthcare Network health center offering medical and psychiatric care to residents and the surrounding community. The all-electric building incorporates solar power and other energy-efficiency features.

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NYC Offers $5M to Shift Truck Deliveries Off-Peak

New York City is offering $5 million in incentives to encourage businesses to move truck deliveries away from congested daytime hours. NYC DOT's Off-Hour Deliveries program provides financial support for businesses that shift deliveries to between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m., with more than $500,000 going to as many as 14 businesses in the first phase. Funding can be used for equipment and improvements that make overnight deliveries possible, including quieter cargo-handling equipment, security systems and building modifications. The city says approximately 90% of goods are transported through New York City by truck. NYC DOT ultimately aims to expand off-hour deliveries to 5,000 locations and move an estimated 62,000 trucks away from peak hours by 2040.

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NYU Langone Named No. 1 U.S. Health System Again

NYU Langone Health has earned the top position in Vizient's national health system rankings for the fifth consecutive year, becoming the first system to hold the organization's No. 1 ranking for five straight years. Its Manhattan campus also ranked first among 122 comprehensive academic medical centers, while NYU Langone's network of more than 400 outpatient practices placed first among 70 participating physician networks. Other facilities across the New York region also appeared in the rankings, with NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island placing No. 3 and NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn reaching No. 6 in their cohort. Vizient evaluates healthcare organizations using measures including safety, mortality, effectiveness, efficiency and patient experience.