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Adrienne Eadie Adams (born December 9, 1960) is an American politician serving as Speaker of the New York City Council since 2022. A Democrat, Adams represents the 28th district. She is the first woman elected to the district, and the first African-American elected as Council Speaker. [1] Adams was first elected to the City Council in 2017, to ...
“I am honored to have earned the support and the trust of my colleagues to be their speaker. Our coalition reflects the best of our city,” said Adams, who’s set to become the first Black ...
Adams, who represents a section of eastern Queens that includes Jamaica, was picked for the speaker job in an internal vote by the Council’s 51 members during their first meeting of the year.
Adrienne Adams, a Democrat from the Queens borough of New York, has made history as the first-ever Black city council […] The post Adrienne Adams to be first Black woman speaker of New York City ...
The head of the city council is called the speaker. The current speaker is Adrienne Adams, a Democrat from the 28th district in Queens. The speaker sets the agenda and presides at city council meetings, and all proposed legislation is submitted through the Speaker's Office. Majority Leader Amanda Farías leads the chamber's Democratic majority.
[2] [3] She is the Democratic City Council Member for the 18th district of the New York City Council, [4] which covers Soundview, Parkchester, and Castle Hill in the Bronx. [5] [6] She was appointed by Speaker Adrienne Adams to be Majority Leader of the New York City Council on January 3, 2024 [7].
NEW YORK — Adrienne Adams was elected the next speaker of the City Council on Wednesday, becoming the first Black woman to ever take on the powerful post after a contentious back-room race that ...
Parks and pandemic recovery were at the top of the agenda in New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams’s first “state of the city” speech.