It's the Brian Larry Show on WNYC.

Good morning again, everyone.

Coming up later in the hour, we're going to close out our week with a call-in for wedding season on the question,

what's been the stickiest wedding-related decision or detail you've had to make or handle

in planning a wedding for June, which is coming right up, or for any time this year.

We'll end the show and end the week that way.

But right now, we're going to meet the New York City Deputy Mayor for Economic Justice now, Julie Sue.

She's the first person to hold that title, which was created by the Mamdani administration,

in view of the more traditional title, Deputy Mayor for Economic Development.

Now it's economic justice.

The position does put her at the helm of shaping

the administration's broader agenda around jobs, affordability, and economic growth. And maybe it's

no surprise that Julie Sue comes to the role from a very different background than many of her

predecessors. Previously, deputy mayor's overseeing economic development often came directly from the business

or finance world, but Sue has spent her career focused on labor and worker protections, serving as

California Labor Secretary and later the acting U.S. Labor Secretary under President Biden.

So now, at a moment when some business leaders are warning

that Mayor Mamdani's policies could drive companies and jobs away from New York, she's been meeting

directly with CEOs and developers, according to news reports, while also rolling out policies

focused on worker protections and affordability. So she's

walking a pretty fine line or in a pretty broad field depending on how you look at it. The deputy

mayor for economic justice, Julie Sue, is with us now. Deputy Mayor, thanks so much for joining.

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