Brian there on WNYC, and speaking of local coverage, if it's Wednesday, it's time to catch up with WNYC and Gothamist

Lead Mayor Adams reporter, Elizabeth Kim. Every Tuesday, as most of you know,

the mayor holds what they call an off-topic press conference, which just means that reporters

are allowed to ask him directly about issues of the week of their choosing. It was mostly business

as usual this week, business as usual in this case,

meaning the first time in weeks that the focus wasn't primarily on investigations and indictments

of or surrounding the mayor. But there were a couple, including a question for the mayor about

Donald Trump's apparent support for him. Is it now mutual? So on that and more, hey Liz, happy Wednesday. Happy Wednesday, Brian.

So the news conference got started, and I watched it yesterday with an acknowledgement of this

moment in New York sports. Mayor Adams acknowledged he's a Mets fan, even though he wore that hat

that had both Mets and Yankees logo recently.

And he rightly said that Metson had a good run, but that as a New Yorker, he would be rooting for the Yankees in the World Series.

That's certainly appropriate for the mayor.

And here's where he made news.

He said, if he attends a game at Yankee Stadium, he'd buy his own ticket. Why did the mayor mention

buying his own ticket if he goes to the World Series? Well, because it's likely an ethics

violation. Some of your listeners might remember that in 2010, then Governor Patterson was fined $62,000 for accepting World Series tickets.

So this is not something that the mayor can take lightly.

He cannot just accept.

These tickets are very, very valuable, as I'm sure the listeners know.

And he basically acknowledged that.

He said this is a result of Koi, or the conflict of interest board.

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