Poised to become the next New York City Council speaker, Adrienne Adams will serve as the final voice in deciding who secures coveted committee positions while setting the legislative agenda that has a vast impact on millions of New Yorkers.
Councilmember Adrienne Adams in March 2018. Adams is poised to become the next speaker.after securing more than the required 26 votes from her colleagues to win. Barring any turncoat votes in next month’s internal election by members of the council, Adams will serve as the council’s first Black speaker, adding to historic gains made by Black lawmakers across the city this year.
Adams is the first woman to represent the district that covers the diverse neighborhoods of Jamaica, Richmond Hill, Rochdale Village and South Ozone Park.In an interview with WNYC/Gothamist in November, Adams chronicled her backstory before jumping into public service. A graduate of Bayside High School, where the mayor-elect was a classmate, Adams attended Spelman College, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in psychology.
Adams also sits on numerous committees, including Service and Labor, Finance, Land Use and Rules, Privileges and Elections. As the chair of the Public Safety Committee, Adams has presided over pointed hearings involving members of the NYPD. In October, she held a hearing examining the NYPD’s Special Victims Division, which was under scrutiny for its low record of solving rape cases across the city.
It’s unclear how the dynamics of the speaker’s race will shape the relationship between Adams and the mayor-elect. Eric Adams had backed Queens Councilmember Francisco Moya, who did not have the necessary 26 votes secured to win the race.
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