Adrienne E. Adams
Speaker of the New York City Council

Adrienne Adams is the Speaker of the New York City Council, leading the most diverse and first women-majority Council in city history as the body’s first African American Speaker. She is also the first woman to represent Council District 28 in Southeast Queens.

Under the leadership of Speaker Adams, the Council has been tackling long-standing inequities, advancing women’s health, confronting racial disparities in maternal health, supporting underserved crime victims, expanding access to economic and educational opportunities, and more.

Speaker Adams and the Council have prioritized addressing inequities in the city’s workforce, passing legislative packages to confront the historic lack of diversity in the FDNY and gender- and race-based pay disparities that impact municipal workers. Speaker Adams also helped establish the CUNY Reconnect program that has helped tens of thousands of working-age New Yorkers to return to college in pursuit of a degree after leaving school.

Prior to elected office, Speaker Adams worked as a Corporate Trainer and a Child Development Associate Instructor. Speaker Adams is an active member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, and is a longstanding member of the NAACP and the National Action Network.