Adrienne Adams | |
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Speaker of the New York City Council | |
Assumed office January 5, 2022 | |
Deputy | Diana Ayala |
Preceded by | Corey Johnson |
Member of the New York City Council from the 28th district | |
Assumed office November 30,2017 | |
Preceded by | Ruben Wills |
Personal details | |
Born | New York City,New York,U.S. | December 9,1960
Political party | Democratic |
Education | Spelman College (BA) |
Website | Official website |
Adrienne Eadie Adams (born December 9,1960) is an American politician serving as Speaker of the New York City Council. A Democrat,Adams represents the 28th district,and is the first woman elected to the district. [1]
Adams was elected in 2017 to fill out the remainder of the term of her expelled predecessor,Ruben Wills. [2]
Her district includes the Queens borough neighborhoods of Jamaica,Rochdale Village,Richmond Hill and South Ozone Park. [3]
Adams was raised in Hollis,Queens. She attended St. Pascal Baylon Elementary School,Bayside High School (Queens),and received a bachelor's degree in Psychology from Spelman College. [1]
She was a three-term chairperson of Queens Community Board 12. [4] Previously,Adams has been an appointed member of the Queens Public Library Board of Trustees, [5] and appointed to Governor Andrew Cuomo's Local Planning Committee (LPC) for the Jamaica Downtown Revitalization Initiative. [6] She once served as co-chair of the Jamaica NOW Leadership Council. [6]
Adams previously ran for New York State Senate against James Sanders Jr. [4]
Adams won her 2017 primary with 39.17% of the vote (3,499 votes). Her opponent,Richard David,got 31.59% of the vote (2,822 votes) and her other opponent Hettie Powell received 28.98% of the vote. (2,589 votes). Adams went on to win the general election with 85.97% of the vote. [2] During her first term she was elected by her colleagues in the Black,Latino and Asian Caucus to serve as co-chair of the body,and at various points also served as chair of the Subcommittee on Landmarks,Public Sitings,and Dispositions,and later chair of the Committee on Public Safety. [7]
Adams was elected Speaker of the New York City Council in January 2022. She is the second politician from the borough of Queens to serve as Speaker (Peter Vallone Sr. was the first City Council Speaker of New York City). She is the third woman to serve as Speaker and the first Black person to serve as Speaker. [8] Her election was a defeat for newly elected mayor Eric Adams (no relation), [9] who had privately been trying to win support for rival Speaker candidate Francisco Moya. [10] [11] [12]
Council Speaker Adams declined to take up legislation that would prevent New York City public service retirees from being forced into a Medicare Advantage plan. [13] The proposed change has been challenged by the New York City Organization of Public Service Retirees [14] and unions such as the Professional Staff Congress,the CUNY professors union. [15] Until 2023,most municipal retirees have been enrolled in traditional Medicare. The Speaker is preventing the Civil Service &Labor Committee Chair,Council Member Carmen DeLaRosa from holding a hearing on a bill (Intro 1099 sponsored by Council Member Charles Barron) to protect Retiree Medicare.
Adams is a long time member of the NAACP and the National Action Network. [16] She is also an active member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. [1]
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