Brian Lairn on WNYC.

Now we'll unpack Mayor Eric Adams' 2025 State of the City address, which he delivered

yesterday at the Apollo Theater in Harlem.

The bottom line for Adams,

the state of the city is strong. Has anyone ever who delivered a state of the address ever said

otherwise? But the work goes on. His goal? I want to talk about how we can make New York City

the best place to raise a family, the safest place to raise a family, the most affordable place to raise a family, the most welcoming place to raise a family.

And yet, he acknowledged the high cost of living in the city and its toll on ordinary people.

Extreme costs are forcing too many people, especially working class families, to make

hard choices. Between groceries or childcare, medicine or clothing, making the rent or moving out.

So how does New York City become the best place to raise a family?

Well, the mayor had some specific proposals.

Let's talk about them.

One was a $650 million plan to help homeless and mentally ill New Yorkers,

and there was an ambitious goal to add 100,000 housing units in Manhattan alone

in the next decade, 100,000.

So we'll hear clips on these policy proposals and a few more excerpts from the mayor's state

of the city address, and we'll take some of your calls.

And my guests for this are Harry Siegel and Christina Greer, two of the three co-host of the podcast, F.A.Q. NYC.

Harry is also a daily news columnist and editor at the news organization, The City.

Christina is also a political science professor at Fordham University and author of the book Black Ethnics.

Harry, Chrissy, always great to have you on.

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