Brian Lerer on WNYC.

Now we'll catch up on some of the latest news coming out of New York City Hall, as we do most Wednesdays after the Mayor's weekly Tuesday news conference with our lead Eric Adams

reporter Elizabeth Kim. This hasn't been a typical week for Mayor Eric Adams. He did host his usual

weekly press conference yesterday, where he was joined by NYPD's chief of transit, Tom Galada,

to discuss the rollout of more cops patrolling subways overnight. But earlier

this week, as you probably heard, the mayor canceled his appearances at various events celebrating

the life of Martin Luther King and ventured down to the nation's capital to attend Donald Trump's

inauguration, although he was designated to only sit in the overfill room once he got

there next to influencer turned boxer Jake Paul and his brother Logan Paul. You may also recall that

the mayor made a sudden trip to Florida to meet with the president late last week. Rumor has it

that discussions of a presidential pardon were held,

though Adam states that he, quote, had a productive conversation about New York's needs and what's

best for our city. Then last night, the mayor took another step into Trump's ecosystem, this time

with an hour-long one-on-one interview with Tucker Carlson on his show on X.

The two discussed Adams' federal indictment, where he stands with the Democratic Party, migrants, and more.

So joining me now, as she usually does on Wednesdays, is WNYC and Gothamist lead Eric Adams reporter, Elizabeth Kim.

Hi, Liz. Happy Wednesday, Brian. So let's just

start with the rollout of Governor Hockel's plan to place police officers onto every subway during

the hours of 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. Here's NYPD Transit Bureau Chief Joseph Galada discussing the goals of officers patrolling at those hours.

Our goal is to make sure we're on the train. We're stepping off the train at each station. We're

switching to a different carney station. We're going to make contact with the conductor and the

motorman on these trains. And the goal for that is they're going to announce that a police officer is on that train. So if you get on that train and you may not see that police officer also in the car, the MTA is going to make an announcement telling you, yes, there is a police officer on this train, and that'll alert people that are there. Secondly, at each platform, they're going to step

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