NYC mayor on City Council speaker's agenda: 'We're in alignment'

NEW YORK (PIX11) -- New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams on Wednesday delivered her annual State of the City address, outlining her agenda for the city.

Speaker Adams is pushing to hire more city workers, expand 3-K education, and give more support to nonprofits.

She suggested supercharging the city’s efforts to build affordable housing on government land — an expansion of 3-K and Pre-K — funding the arts and libraries — paying nonprofits more fairly — and hiring more city workers to inspect buildings, provide mental health services, and rebuild crumbling streets.

“Do you know the city budget is bigger than most countries?” Speaker Adams said. “We have the resources to make all of this work for all people.”

The speech came with Mayor Eric Adams sitting front and center inside the auditorium.

The mayor has expressed at times many of the same priorities — he just has a different worldview on what the city can afford and needs right now with the multi-billion dollar migrant crisis and expiring federal aid.

Mayor Adams joined PIX11 News to discuss Speaker Adams' agenda after the State of the City address.

“We’re in alignment. And we must have two different approaches to balance out what we’re doing,” Mayor Adams said. “Her agenda is the same as my agenda. Lifting up working-class people, that is what we did together in our first budget. We did it together in our second budget, and we’re going to do it again in our third budget.”