NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams today signed Intro. 844-A to increase health care and hospital price transparency by allowing New Yorkers to compare costs charged by New York City hospitals for the same service. Intro. 844-A — passed unanimously by the New York City Council — also establishes the nation’s first Office of Health Care Accountability to examine health care and hospital pricing practices and make it easier for New Yorkers to know how much health care costs.