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Adrienne Adams: “A student in his 80s graduated last year [from CUNY…”

Featuring: Adrienne Adams, Democratic | Speaker of the New York City Council, Former Candidate, New York State Senate

Adrienne Adams Discusses Her Journey and Vision for New York City on Urbanology

Published June 23, 2025 | Video Starts at 10:05

We are ensuring that people, people that look like you and I have an opportunity to get those degrees. And they are. It is intergenerational. We've seen thousands of students graduate. A student in his 80s graduated last year [from CUNY Reconnect]. and it was heartwarming. So we're getting them from the oldest to the youngest. So I encourage you, everyone that's watching this broadcast, please do look into. (10:05–10:09)

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Asserts that an elderly student graduated from the CUNY Reconnect program last year.

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“I am the first black speaker of the New York City Council, the largest women majority, the only women majority that New York City has ever…”
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“Almost 50,000 students are enrolled into CUNY Reconnect.”
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“August Martin High School...never had a library.”
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“It is a $115 billion budget.”
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“We are the most diverse city council in the history of the city of New York as well.”
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“We put forth from the city council a few million dollars to give students that have some CUNY credits the opportunity to come back to…”
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“A certain administration was closing schools, particularly in black and brown communities, and co-locating schools.”
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“As a council member, I was able to actually build them [August Martin High School] a library and a student lounge.”
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“I'm actually building them [August Martin High School] a whole state of the art track and field now.”
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“I have negotiated three [city budgets] with the mayor.”
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“We will hopefully close our fourth budget with me as speaker by the 30th of June.”
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“We have never been late closing our budget.”
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“I have taken City Council funding a part of this budget for 2026, put it aside, $1.9 billion.”
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“It was the City Council that created the rainy day fund.”
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“I have put forth the most pro housing agenda in a generation right now.”
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“I insisted on an additional $5 billion in order to pass this proposal.”
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“The administration gave us 4 billion.”
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“Kathy Hogle called me. She said, you need another billion to make this happen.”
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“We got the 5 billion, everybody.”
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“I've also put in that $5 billion are protections for homeowners.”
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“We've put money together for city FEPS vouchers to make sure that people that need that subsidy are protected from eviction.”
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“There is a deficit in HPD when it comes to building and helping to build this housing.”
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“I don't want my children and my grandchildren going elsewhere because they can't afford to live in New York City.”
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“I want my grandchildren to feel safe getting on the buses and the trains and when they're going to high school every single morning.”
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“We are seeing a proliferation of gun violence right now.”
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“The statistics with our young people have far surpassed, you know, average aged adults right now.”
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“These guns are the result of gun laws not being passed in the interests of our communities.”
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“We right now have a rogue administration run by a maniac president.”
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“This is ranked choice voting for some.”
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“I am the most qualified in this race.”
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“City hall will always be your house, the people's house.”
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