Brian Laird on WNYC, now it's time to speak to the speaker.

My questions and yours for New York City Council Speaker, Adrienne Adams, who leads the 51

member body of New Yorkers elected to

represent every neighborhood, 51 of them. Speaker Adams has been much in the news this week

for having probably the most serious disagreements of her term to date with Mayor Eric Adams,

no relation, on the issues of how much the NYPD should have to document encounters with New Yorkers

and how much if any solitary confinement or what they call restrictive housing is acceptable

as a safety or de-escalation measure in the city jails.

Despite their current policy disagreements and some kind of weird dust up over who gets to put chairs where in

City Hall to answer questions from the press. The mayor only expressed his affection for the

speaker in his state of the city address on Wednesday. I want to thank, you know, my sister,

and I'm going to tell her like Mommy used to tell me, Speaker Adrian Adams, I love you and there's nothing you can do about it.

We'll see if that love is requited and what lurks beneath that olive branch now as we welcome Speaker Adrian Adams.

Her own district, around where both she and Mayor

Adams grew up is District 28 and Southeast Queens covering Jamaica, Richmond Hill, Rochdale Village,

and South Ozone Park. Speaker Adams, always good to have you on the show. Welcome back to WNYC.

So great to be back with you, Brian. Thank you. And listeners, I said my questions and yours. So if you want to speak to the speaker, call or text, your questions to 212-433, WNYC, 212, 433-9-6-92.

And on the particular issue that we'll talk about a lot of this How Many Stops Act, anyone on the NYPD or retired from the force, want to help us report this story, or anyone in Speaker Adams District on any side of this who has had encounters with the police, perhaps that you wish they were required

to document? You help us report this story too, or any other relevant experience or point of

view or any question for Speaker Adams. Speak to the Speaker at 212-433-9-6-9-2. Can we dive right in on how many stops public safety as enhanced or diminished by the NYPD,

such a central issue in New York City, obviously? Would you start at the beginning for people

who haven't followed this issue closely and describe basically what the How Many Stops Act is and why City Council passed it overwhelmingly?

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