NEW YORK—Speaker of the City Council Adrienne Adams gave her State of the City address on March 4 at the Jazz at Lincoln Center concert hall in what may be her opening shot for a mayoral run.
Adams, 63, who is not related to New York Mayor Eric Adams, said that she prides herself on being the first black woman speaker for the female-majority council.
She is expected to announce her decision about possibly running for mayor sometime this week. Speaker Adams has been in public opposition to Mayor Adams. She called for him to step down after four of the mayor’s deputy mayors resigned in February….