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Adams Touts Massive Housing Push in State of City Speech Aimed at Families
Alongside grand ambitions to build 100,000 new places to live just in Manhattan, the mayor said he also wants to expand various programs for youth. This article originally appeared in The City. By Katie Honan NEW YORK - Mayor Eric Adams presented his fourth and possibly final State of the City address Thursday in Harlem, sharing a vision — but scant details on how — to make it easier to raise a family in the five boroughs. As he walked out on stage at the Apollo Theater, the mayor rubbed the famous Tree of Hope stump for good luck , then rattled off a slew of ideas from building more housing to helping kids learn to swim. “Extreme costs are forcing too many people, especially working class families, to make hard choices: between groceries or child care, medicine or clothing, making the rent or moving out,” Adams said, as he acknowledged the city’s issues. Adams, who’s been in office for three years, ...
