MAYOR ADAMS ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF $93 BILLION FISCAL YEAR 2026 SEPTEMBER CAPITAL COMMITMENT PLAN FOCUSED ON CRITICAL INVESTMENTS THAT LIFT WORKING-CLASS NEW YORKERS, PROMOTE HEALTH AND SAFETY, AND BOOST AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRODUCTION

 

 Largest September Capital Commitment Plan in City History

City’s 10-Year Capital Plan Now at Record $182.8 Billion

$2.6 Billion Invested in Infrastructure, Parks, Cultural Centers, and Internet-Enabled Devices for Public School Students Since Fiscal Year 2026 Adopted Budget, Which Was Already Considered “Best Budget Ever”

Accelerates $1.5 Billion in HPD and $300 Million in NYCHA Funding in FY 2026 to Expedite Construction and Rehabilitation of Nearly 6,500 Homes

Highlights Administration’s Ongoing Commitment to Making New York City Safer, More Affordable, and Best Place to Raise a Family

New York City Mayor Eric Adams today announced the release of the $93 billion Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 September Capital Commitment Plan — the largest September Capital Commitment Plan in city history — which includes new investments the Adams administration made over this budget cycle in affordable housing, public safety, education, cultural institutions, and more. The September Capital Commitment Plan also includes new capital investments, accelerates nearly $2 billion in funding to address the affordable housing crisis, and uses pre-existing resources to meet urgent infrastructure needs that support the health and safety of New Yorkers across the city, as well as boost economic development. Critically, not a single capital project was cut or had funding reduced under this plan. Investments made in and along with the September Capital Commitment Plan bring the city’s 10-Year Capital Plan to a record level of $182.8 billion.

“Building off our ‘Best Budget Ever,’ we are proud to unveil the largest September Capital Commitment Plan in New York City history that invests in a safer, more affordable city for the working-class people of this city,” said Mayor Adams. “This $93 billion plan makes the smart and forward-looking investments in the capital and infrastructure projects that will build our future. And, because we are the most pro-housing administration in city history and we are endlessly coming up with creative ways to address our generational housing crises, our September Capital Plan accelerates $1.8 billion in funding for affordable housing for both working-class New Yorkers and our city’s public housing residents. That means major affordable housing construction and rehabilitation efforts will happen now — when they are most needed — because we do not have time to wait to deliver the real relief New York City needs to become the best place to raise a family.”

The September Capital Plan is the largest in city history and reflects $2.6 billion in new capital investments on top of the $2.2 billion made in the FY 2026 Adopted Budget, which included; $1 billion to support the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) capital plan, $254.6 million to support New York City’s world-class cultural institutions, $239.5 million in additional investments for educational purposes, $207.6 million in improvements to city parks, $85.4 million for affordable housing needs, $52.4 million in upgrades for the city’s different library systems, $40.3 million in new investments at NYC Health + Hospital facilities, $39.5 million in improvements for The City University of New York facilities, and more.

New additions of $2.6 billion to the capital plan since the Fiscal Year 2026 budget adoption in June 2025 include:

• Advancing the Adams administration’s bold new vision for Coney Island by preserving the iconic Coney Island boardwalk and adding resiliency features ($1.04 billion).
• Supporting the MTA’s capital plan ($800 million).
• Funding $182.4 million in infrastructure and parks improvements related to the Atlantic Avenue Rezoning Plan as part of capital investments made to support the Adams administration’s New York City Strategy for Equity and Economic Development Fund, which will create jobs, housing, and economic opportunities, particularly in areas that have experienced disinvestment, including the following:
  • Comprehensive redesign of Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn between Flatbush Avenue and Bedford Avenue ($120 million).
  • Park renovations in Crown Heights and Prospect Heights, Brooklyn:
    • John Hancock Playground ($25 million)
    • Potomac Playground ($14.1 million)
    • Dean Playground ($12.3 million)
    • James Forten Playground ($10.6 million)
    • Lefferts Place Community Garden ($500,000)
• Continuing the Adams administration's efforts to bridge the digital divide and invest in a more affordable city for working-class New Yorkers by distributing 350,000 new internet-enabled devices for free to K-12 New York City Public Schools students ($129.3 million).
• Addressing East Side Coastal Resiliency project needs, including soil remediation, increased materials costs, and improved flood protection design and delivery ($91.6 million).
• Replacing at least 145 Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) ambulances that are reaching the end of their useful life ($91 million).
• Reconstructing the existing 34^th Street Ferry landing to add additional slips for vessel docking in an effort to reduce crowding, improve service, and reduce delays at the current landing ($75 million).
• Funding for infrastructure, parks, and school improvements with $71.8 million in investments connected to the Midtown South Rezoning Plan launched by the Adams administration to transform outdated industrial areas in Midtown South into a dynamic live-work neighborhood, including:
  • Broadway Vision Plan Expansion between West 33rd Street and West 38th Street and Herald Square and Greeley Square ($50 million).
  • Redesigning and upgrading McCaffrey Playground ($13.5 million).
  • Improvements to P.S. 11, P.S. 33, P.S. 340, the High School of Fashion Industries, and the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School ($6.1 million).
  • New sports field lighting at St. Vartan Park ($2.2 million).
• Funding to reconstruct the basketball court, pickleball court, playground, lawn, adult fitness equipment, and dog run at Printer’s Park in the Bronx ($16.7 million).
• Funding renovations within the Jewish Children’s Museum ($16.3 million).
• Funding to install radio communication systems to ensure systemwide communications for staff working at the Brooklyn Borough Based Jail facility ($14.3 million).
• Adding funding to help complete Phase 1 of the QueensWay project that will transform an abandoned railroad line into five acres of new park space. ($14 million).
• Renovating Ittner Place Park in the Bronx by turning a vacant lot into a basketball court and skate park ($8.7 million).
• Adding funding to accelerate completion of the Bronx Animal Care Center, which will be substantially completed by January 2026 ($6 million).
• Developing an application to streamline the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice’s ability to consolidate and review data from partner city agencies and service providers to enable more effective individualized decisions around social services or alternatives to incarceration that are available to justice-involved individuals ($4.1 million).
• Funding a commemorative landscape to be added alongside a Holocaust Memorial at Queens Borough Hall ($2 million).

Along with newly added resources, agencies will be allocating more than $2 billion  in pre-existing capital funding, including:

• Accelerating $1.8 billion in funding from capital plan outyears to speed up creation and renovation of thousands of new affordable homes to address a generational affordable housing crisis.
  • Allowing the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development to close on additional housing developments in the near term and build approximately 4,000 new affordable housing units more quickly than originally planned. ($1.5 billion).
  • Expediting the rehabilitation of nearly 2,500 more homes through the New York City Housing Agency (NYCHA) Section 8 Conversions (NYCHA Permanent Affordability Commitment Together and the Public Housing Trust) in the current fiscal year ($300 million).
• Expanding the automated traffic camera program by installing 300 additional bus lane cameras and increasing the number of red-light cameras to 600 intersections ($315 million).
• Completing wetlands restoration at Idlewild Park, including marsh elevation, construction of living shorelines, and planting of native trees shrubs and grasses ($38 million).
• Installing a Sprung Structure over one of the two basketball courts at the Crossroads Juvenile Detention Facility to create an additional 28 beds and two classrooms needed to address capacity issues ($24 million).
• Upgrading the Staten Island Composting Facility to more effectively contain litter and food waste ($19 million).
• Increasing space at the new Brownsville Recreation Center to meet current community programming needs ($13.3 million).
• Building an enclosed climate-controlled physical training space at the FDNY’s Fire Academy Training Fieldhouse for probationary firefighters who engage in physical training outdoors in order to reduce the risk of rhabdomyolysis, a serious muscle-damage related injury that can impact firefighters due to the inherent injury risks in their training and jobs ($6 million).
• Adding funding for the renovation of the Brooklyn Animal Care Center, which will be substantially completed by the fall of 2026 ($2.6 million).

The September Capital Plan follows the release of and further builds on an on-time, balanced, and fiscally responsible $115.9 billion Adopted Budget for FY 2026, which built on the FY 2026 Executive Budget, often called the “Best Budget Ever.” The Executive Budget doubled down on Mayor Adams’ commitment to make New York City the best place to raise a family by, among other things, investing in “After-School for All,” a $755-million plan to deliver universal after-school programming to families of children in kindergarten through eighth grade; baselining funding for 3-K citywide expansion and special education pre-K to build on the administration’s work to dramatically expand access to early childhood education; investing over $400 million to fully fund the transformation of Fifth Avenue in Manhattan into a world-class, pedestrian-centered boulevard; and revitalizing “The Arches,” the public space on the Manhattan side of the Brooklyn Bridge. The FY 2026 Adopted Budget was also the first to implement Mayor Adams’ landmark “Axe the Tax for the Working Class” plan, which abolishes and cuts New York City's personal income tax for filers with dependents living at or below 150 percent of the federal poverty line. Because of this plan, which the Adams administration successfully fought to pass in Albany this budget cycle, $63 million will go back into the pockets of over 582,000 low-income New York filers, including their dependents, helping make New York City more affordable for working-class families.

Attorney General James Stops Misleading Marketing of Unauthorized Opioid Overdose Drug

 

Indivior Promoted Unauthorized Overdose Drug Opvee as Alternative to Narcan to Public Officials Throughout New York

Following OAG Settlement, Indivior Announced Plans to Cease All Promotion of Opvee

New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced a settlement with Indivior, Inc. (Indivior), a multinational pharmaceutical company, stopping the company’s misleading promotion of its opioid overdose drug, Opvee (generic name nalmefene). Despite knowing Opvee is not authorized by the New York State Department of Health (DOH) for use without a prescription, Indivior marketed the drug to public officials throughout the state and promoted its availability as if it were interchangeable with Narcan (generic name naloxone), the gold-standard medication for overdose reversals. Health officials and advocates in New York and nationwide have warned against substituting Opvee for Narcan, citing the drugs’ similar effectiveness and Opvee’s significantly more severe side effects. As part of its agreement with the Office of the Attorney General (OAG), Indivior must refund taxpayer dollars it was paid for Opvee, recall improperly sold doses, stop making false statements about Opvee, and implement broad reforms to its marketing and training practices. Two days after signing the agreement, Indivior informed stakeholders that it would discontinue promotion of Opvee altogether.

“Indivior cannot rewrite its history and exploit this drug crisis for profit,” said Attorney General James. “After playing a role in fueling the opioid epidemic, the company tried to position itself as part of the solution while misleading public officials and the communities they serve about which overdose treatments are safe, legal, and effective. Far too many families have lost loved ones to opioids and overdose, and my office will continue to do everything in its power to combat the devastating opioid crisis and keep New Yorkers safe.”

“The deadly overdose epidemic continues to impact every community across New York state and fighting the epidemic includes equipping individuals, communities, organizations and agencies with the right tools,” said New York State Department of Health Commissioner Dr. James McDonald. “The most effective and reliable opioid overdose reversal medication on the market remains the 4mg naloxone, which is the only antagonist covered under the state’s standing order. The Department of Health remains committed to following the science and working with our dedicated state and local partners to save lives and end overdose deaths.”

“Naloxone is the most effective way to reverse an overdose and has already saved the lives of thousands of New Yorkers impacted by opioid addiction,” said New York State Office of Addiction Services and Supports Commissioner Dr. Chinazo Cunningham. “At a time when we are beginning to see overdose deaths decline, it is critical that we remain consistent in our messaging. To date, we have provided more than 355,000 naloxone kits free of charge through our online ordering portal. These actions by the Attorney General’s office will help keep more New Yorkers safe and ensure that naloxone remains the primary, trusted medication used in New York for opioid overdose reversal.”

Indivior, which previously reached an $86 million settlement with Attorney General James and a coalition of other states for its role in the opioid epidemic, has presented Opvee as a better alternative to Narcan. Unlike Narcan, however, Opvee has not been authorized by DOH for use in overdose prevention programs that rely on non-medical personnel such as police officers, first responders, or community health workers. Despite this clear limitation under state law, Indivior marketed and sold the drug as if it were a viable competitor to Narcan, misleading public agencies and undermining established, evidence-based overdose prevention efforts. 

The OAG investigation found that Indivior’s representatives promoted Opvee to county administrators, commissioners, sheriffs, public and mental health officers, and EMS chiefs in dozens of counties throughout New York. In 2024, one such sheriff’s office asked DOH if it could use Opvee instead of Narcan. DOH responded that Opvee was an unauthorized medication and followed up with written guidance explicitly explaining why Opvee was not approved for non-prescription use or use with a standing order. When this information was shared with Indivior, the company falsely advised that the sheriff’s office could simply write its own standing order for Opvee. The sheriff’s office then purchased $22,500 worth of the drug from Indivior, in violation of state law. In April 2025, Attorney General James reached a settlement with the sheriff’s office, ensuring it would only use authorized overdose reversal drugs moving forward. Attorney General James also this week reached a $35,000 settlement with PrimeCare, the correctional setting health care company that wrote the standing order for Opvee despite knowing it was not approved for such purposes.

As a result of OAG’s investigation, Indivior must refund the full $22,500 purchase price for the improperly sold doses and accept the return of all unused units. Attorney General James is also requiring Indivior to overhaul its marketing practices in New York, ensuring its sales staff accurately represent Opvee’s legal status and refrain from making any false or misleading claims about the drug’s approvals or effectiveness moving forward. The company is also prohibited from selling Opvee to public agencies in New York unless and until it is expressly authorized by state regulators. The OAG will monitor Indivior’s compliance and review its enhanced training materials within 60 days.

Public health officials discourage the use of Opvee because of its painful and potentially dangerous withdrawal effects for those recovering from an overdose. Research shows that Opvee is no more effective than Narcan, which has long proven to be an effective tool for reversing overdoses. Not only does Opvee not improve survival rates or patient outcomes, but its longer duration can also cause severe and prolonged withdrawal symptoms, lasting up to 12 hours compared to Narcan’s typical 90 minutes. This extended withdrawal is painful for patients and puts them at risk of life-threatening conditions for longer than necessary. The American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT) and American Academy of Clinical Toxicology (AACT) have cautioned that replacing Narcan with Opvee for first responders could cause unnecessary harm without providing any added benefit. Attorney General James’ settlement ensures that New York’s overdose prevention efforts remain centered on naloxone, which has been proven safe, effective, and accessible for decades.

In July 2024, Attorney General James secured an $86 million multistate settlement with Indivior for contributing to and profiting from the opioid crisis with its opioid use disorder treatment medication. Attorney General James alleged Indivior targeted sales to dangerous prescribers, including pill mills, and failed to monitor suspicious orders, allowing its products to fuel addiction.

Attorney General James is a national leader in combating the overdose crisis. To date, Attorney General James has secured more than $3 billion to support New York opioid abatement, treatment, and prevention efforts from companies that fueled the opioid epidemic, including Purdue, Mylan, Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Hikma Pharmaceuticals, Teva Pharmaceuticals, Johnson & Johnson, Mallinckrodt, Allergan, Endo, McKesson, Cardinal Health, and Amerisource Bergen. Attorney General James has also led multistate coalitions in reaching settlements for billions of dollars with CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart for their roles in failing to properly regulate opioid prescriptions. Additionally, Attorney General James and a bipartisan coalition of states secured settlements with consulting firm McKinsey & Company and the marketing firm Publicis Health for their role in fueling the opioid crisis.