Adrienne Adams delivered her final State of the City address as Council speaker on Tuesday — focusing on the kind of leadership she believes the Big Apple needs now as she appears ready to launch a bid for mayor.
The speaker used her roughly 45-minute annual speech, which she delivered at Jazz at Lincoln Center on March 4, to tout her record leading the city legislature since 2022 and tee up her likely mayoral campaign. She insisted the city desperately needs a leader who can take on President Donald Trump, something she has made clear she does not think Mayor Eric Adams is equipped to do.
