New York Metropolis Council Speaker Adrienne Adams will announce her candidacy for mayor within the coming days, NBC New York has realized.
Speaker Adams, who is just not associated to Mayor Eric Adams, is the first-ever African American to steer the Metropolis Council. The Hollis, Queens, native has been a part of the council since 2017.
“New Yorkers cannot afford to dwell right here, Metropolis Corridor is in chaos, and Donald Trump is corrupting our metropolis’s independence. It’s time to face up,” Adrienne Adams stated in a press release, including her marketing campaign could be “no nonsense, no drama — simply my dedication to main with competence and integrity.
“I by no means deliberate to run for Mayor, however I’m not giving up on New York Metropolis. Our metropolis deserves a frontrunner that serves its individuals first and all the time, not somebody targeted on themselves and their very own political pursuits,” her assertion learn.
On Tuesday, Adams gave her closing State of the Metropolis deal with as council speaker, which she referred to as her “grand finale.” In a speech that definitely gave the impression of she was eyeing a run, Adams touted her accomplishments, like housing and maternal well being.
She additionally took pictures at President Trump’s administration, saying their “merciless campaign in opposition to immigrant households, inside a nation of immigrants, is threatening our democratic values.”
Notably throughout her deal with, Adams by no means talked about Mayor Adams by title.
“New York Metropolis is greater than one individual, and our metropolis deserves management that prioritizes its individuals over particular person glory or pursuits,” she advised the group, which included key leaders like the top of the United Federation of Lecturers. “We are able to present the nation what the land of the free and residential of the courageous appear like we will do that.”
United Federation of Lecturers President Michael Mulgrew would not go as far as to endorse Adams, however did say Adams has been “an incredible pal of the academics.”
She joins a crowded pool of Democrats working to unseat the incumbent mayor. That features former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who formally declared his candidacy on Saturday after weeks of hypothesis. Scott Stringer, Brad Lander, Jessica Ramos, Zellnor Myrie and Zohran Mamdani are among the many others to throw their hat within the ring within the race for Metropolis Corridor.
