About Adrienne

Adams represented the 28th district in the New York City Council from 2017 to 2025 and served as speaker of the City Council from 2022 until 2025. She is the first woman to represent District 28 on the City Council and is the first Black person to serve as speaker of the New York City Council.Adams was first elected to the City Council in 2017. Her district included the Queensborough neighborhoods of Jamaica, Rochdale Village, RichmondHill and South Ozone Park. She was re-elected to the City Council in 2021. In January 2022, the City Council elected Adams to serve as speaker of the Council; she was unanimously re-elected to that post in 2024. Adams ran for mayor of New York City in 2025, but failed to win the Democratic nomination. She left the City Council at the end of 2025 due to term limits.In February 2026, Adams was selected by Governor Kathy Hochul to be her running mate in the2026 New York gubernatorial election.