Good afternoon, my fellow New Yorkers.

This morning I took the oath of office to become your mayor.

Just after midnight and Times Square, with thousands of people gathered to ring in the new year.

It's the Brian Larry Show on WNYC. Good morning, everyone. So before New York City heads into a new year and the new era,

the mayors are on Mamdani era, Let's take a few minutes to digest where we've

been the last four years in the mayor Eric Adams era. That clip was from the speech he gave on the day

of his inauguration, New Year's Day, four years ago, January 1st, 2022. And what a different time that

was, right? With the city still in the throes of the COVID-19

pandemic, the Omicron variant was raging with 40,000 new cases a day. And there were the other

problems that came with the pandemic. Here's a minute of how Mayor Adams tried to set a new

direction at the start of that new year.

Yet, unemployment remains high.

Crime is high.

COVID cases are high again.

So how do we get our city back?

My fellow New Yorkers, the answer is simple.

We will get our city back by making a commitment to each other right here, right now, beginning today.

This would be our New Year's resolution.

We would not be controlled by crisis.

Instead, we make this city better every day through actions big and small.

Getting vaccinated is not letting

the crisis control you and joining a Broadway show sending your kids to school

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