Adrienne Adams, potential mayoral contender, to discuss NYC’s leadership issues in annual speech

As she mulls a late-in-the-game bid for New York City mayor, City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams will have a golden opportunity to set out an agenda for the next year. If she decides to run for mayor, her State of the City address could clue in potential supporters to a vision for that campaign. If she doesn’t run, it’s a roadmap for her last year as City Council speaker.

In her fourth State of the City address – her last as a term-limited member of the City Council – Speaker Adams will address the issue of what city leadership should look like right now, according to a council source. Though that question would be well-timed if she does jump in the mayoral race, it’s a topic she planned to address even before considering a run, the source said.

The address will also be an opportunity for Speaker Adams to lay out a track record of her four years in the position as well as announce new initiatives for the coming year. Among the work she’s expected to highlight are new council initiatives jumpstarted during her tenure, including CUNY Reconnect, which aims to help students finish their degrees, a guaranteed income program for low-income expecting mothers, and the opening of new trauma recovery centers.

Though Speaker Adams isn’t expected to make a decision about running for mayor until after the address on Tuesday, she filed paperwork to open a campaign committee late last week, titled “Adrienne for the People.”