In the Spring of 2019, the mayor of New York signed an executive order that mandated that city agencies spend at least half of their print and digital advertising budgets in the community newsrooms. The results are really important: https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/2020/12/nyc-ad-spending-initiative-boosts-community-news-outlets/?utm_source=API+Need+to+Know+newsletter&utm_campaign=b2a19cd1c9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_12_10_01_15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e3bf78af04-b2a19cd1c9-45826445 /1

"In its first year, EO 47 succeeded in delivering $9.9 million dollars — nearly 84 percent of the city’s total print and digital ad budget — to more than 230 outlets serving the most vulnerable communities in the five boroughs." /2

"The financial infusion into these news organizations maintained them as vital information sources in areas with the highest rates of COVID-19 infections and deaths and large concentrations of front-line workers." /3