It's the Brian Laird show on WNYC.

Good morning again, everyone.

Last Wednesday, and with the Charlie Kirk News and everything else, you probably

missed this.

The New York City Council

overrode three vetoes from Mayor Eric Adams regarding grocery delivery workers and street vendors.

City Council passed two bills to give a higher minimum pay rate of $21.44 per hour to

grocery delivery workers and extend worker protections for the group.

A third bill bars issuing criminal summonses for unlicensed street vending. All three bills

go into effect next March now that they've overridden the veto. Overriding the veto in all three cases is being

seen as a strong rebuke of Mayor Adams. The mayor is facing mounting pressure from President

Donald Trump's advisors, as you know, to abandon his reelection bid in order to give Andrew Cuomo

a greater chance against Iran-Mam Dani. We'll also talk in this segment about the

breaking news that Michael just mentioned of Governor Kathy Hokel now endorsing Mamdani, why now.

Joining us to break down the latest is Jeffrey Mays, New York Times reporter covering politics

with a focus on New York City Hall. Hey, Jeffrey, welcome back to WNYC.

Hey, Brian.

Thanks for having me on.

Can we start with Hokel?

Michael read some of the particulars from her New York Times op-ed.

Why now, do you think?

Well, I think if you look at the polling, you know, certainly we, the New York Times and

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