It's the Brian Miller Show on WNYC. Good morning, everyone.

We'll begin today with the state of the city, according to Mayor Eric Adams, and according to you.

The mayor gave his state of the City speech yesterday,

I watched it, emphasizing that crime is down and jobs are up, and laying out some new proposals,

including a declaration that social media is a public health crisis for children.

Now, we'll see if there are any policies attached to that or just a sentiment,

but it's interesting. He's declaring social media a health crisis in New York City, especially

for children. Also, the creation of what he calls a Department of Sustainable Delivery to

address concerns over delivery driver and pedestrian safety and safety from e-bike battery fires

in the buildings where delivery workers live.

And he declared partial victory in his war on rats.

We'll also get into the mayor's veto of two police and correction department accountability bills.

And joining us for this is our lead Eric Adams reporter, WNYC and Gothamist Elizabeth Kim,

who has selected some excerpts from the speech to discuss.

Hi, Liz, welcome back to the show.

Hi, Brian.

Good morning.

And listeners, we're inviting you in this segment, too, to give 30-second state-of-the-city speeches of your own.

212-433 W-N-YC.

And I'm thinking you can use your 30 seconds in a number of ways.

Mayor Adams said, as politicians always do, the state of our city is strong.

How many times have you heard the word strong in a state of the

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