"Then: Mayor Adams took office and repeatedly failed to meet the plan's benchmarks, but Johnson's successor Adrienne Adams did little to push back that other than the rare statement of displeasure. At one point, Speaker Adams publicly mulled suing Mayor Adams's administration for not complying with the law. On Thursday, Streetsblog asked the speaker why she never did. Her response? "We were not interested in going through a lawsuit.""
"Looking to the future, Speaker Adams advised her likely successor Council Member Julie Menin to follow her lead - and seek a "collaborative" relationship with Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani. "My advice for incoming speaker would be to do as much as you can to work very very closely with the mayoral administration," Adams said at a press conference before her last meeting of the entire City Council as its speaker."
Corey Johnson passed a streets master plan prioritizing pedestrians, cyclists and transit users over drivers. Mayor Adams repeatedly failed to meet the plan's benchmarks during his term. Adrienne Adams, who succeeded Johnson, issued only occasional public displeasure and declined to sue Mayor Adams's administration, saying she was not interested in litigation. She advised a collaborative approach between council leadership and the mayoral administration for future efforts. Incoming Mayor Zohran Mamdani and incoming First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan have indicated commitment to achieving the plan's benchmarks, which could render prior noncompliance less consequential.
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