Mayor Adams shuttled back and forth to a series of private meetings with state lawmakers on Monday. The visit was preceded by tensions with Democratic leaders in the Assembly and Senate who have criticized parts of Adams' plan to reduce crime across NYC.
Mayor Eric Adams speaks with Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins during Adams' first visit to Albany as mayor.Mayor Eric Adams speaks with Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins during Adams' first visit to Albany as mayor.Eric Adams said he hadn’t stepped foot in the state Capitol since 2013, when he wrapped up his seven-year stint in the Senate, representing central Brooklyn.
The mayor didn’t walk away with any legislative deals; that wasn’t the point of the meetings, he told reporters. But he sought to highlight what he viewed as the positive nature of the discussions, making the case for his legislative agenda in Albany even though a major piece – scaling back recent reforms to bail laws – has been opposed by top legislative Democrats.
In 2019, state lawmakers and then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo passed a series of reforms that prevented judges from implementing cash bail requirements for most misdemeanors and violent felonies. On Monday, however, Adams and the legislative leaders stood shoulder-to-shoulder in a show of Democratic unity after they met for a half hour in private.
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