The Mamdani administration on Tuesday released the city’s first Racial Equity Plan — a citywide blueprint to reduce racial inequities — after years of delay.
The release comes just days after a Manhattan state court judge ruled that both the Mamdani and Adams administrations had broken the law by failing to release the charter-mandated plan on time. It was originally due in April 2024.
The plan calls for addressing disparities like high maternal mortality rates for Black and Latino residents, the disproportionate number of people of color in the criminal justice system, and integrating the K-12 school system.
“New Yorkers told us what mattered to them, and this plan is built around those demands,” Mayor Mamdani said in a statement about the plan. “For too long, government has been willing to acknowledge inequality without setting goals for ending it. This plan changes that. These commitments are specific, measurable and public, and New Yorkers should hold us accountable for delivering on them.”
The city released a preliminary plan in April. The 431-page plan’s release also follows backlash from the Trump administration, which has attacked diversity, equity and inclusion programming and phrasing, as well as more broadly on anti-discrimination initiatives.
“As much as New York City is a leader, we also do not exist in a vacuum,” Deputy Mayor for Economic Justice Julie Su said during a briefing about the current federal climate on diversity issues. “Now we are going to do that with all the levers that the city has, but we also recognize that the state of the economy is dependent on a lot of things beyond our direct control.”