The speaker’s State of the City speech, which she delivered at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on March 13, focussed on making city government work more
City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams speaks during her state of the city speech at Brooklyn Academy of Music on Wednesday, March 13, 2024.which she delivered at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on March 13, focussed on making city government work more effectively for all New Yorkers and taking on the mounting affordability crisis across the five boroughs.
“The pandemic and an unequal recovery have exacerbated economic hardships, while a lack of capacity within our city agencies has undermined access to assistance that families could once rely on,” she said. “This does not have to be our reality. We know our government can work because it has before. We’ve got to get back to basics – strengthen our city government to work for all New Yorkers.
City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams speaks during her state of the city speech at Brooklyn Academy of Music on Wednesday, March 13, 2024.When it comes to improving the workings of city government, the speaker said “years of understaffing and underinvestment have weakened critical agencies, leaving them unable to adequately support New Yorkers.”
The council will also pursue legislation requiring the city Department of Transportation to track progress in projects that are part of its Streets Plan, passed by the council in 2019, which requires the agency complete construction on a certain number of bike and bus lane projects each year.
“This presents a generational opportunity to transform this site into housing and homeownership, to transform it into open space and new community amenities,” she said. City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams speaks during her state of the city speech at Brooklyn Academy of Music on Wednesday, March 13, 2024.
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