For Immediate Release: January 9, 2025
Media Contact: Lisa Thomas, lisa@alignny.org, (347) 415-6431
Mayor Adams’ Curtain Call is a Performance for Working Families
New York, NY – In response to Mayor Adams’ State of the City address, ALIGN: The Alliance for a Greater New York, released the following statement:
“Today at the Apollo, Mayor Adams took a bow for making NYC the best place to raise a family — but it was just another performance from that famed stage. Adams acknowledged our cost-of-living crisis, promising money in New Yorkers’ pockets, with no plan to raise wages for more than a few. He guaranteed a first-rate public education, but our public schools remain unhealthy, under-resourced learning environments particularly vulnerable to climate impacts. And as we emerge from the worst drought our City has ever seen while across the country, Los Angeles burns, our climate crisis was a mere footnote in his vision for the decades to come,” said Theodore Moore, Executive Director of ALIGN. “We know working class families need more relief, and they need it now. We need a bold vision of a city where all workers earn fair wages, our schools are green and healthy, and the sustainable union jobs of the future help us meet our fast-approaching climate deadlines. Mayor Adams, it’s time to step up and invest in a greener, more affordable New York.”
About ALIGN
ALIGN (The Alliance for a Greater New York) brings together labor, climate, and community organizations for a more just, sustainable New York. Working at the intersection of economic and climate justice, ALIGN builds coalitions with those most impacted and uplifts worker and community voices to fight for dignity in the workplace and a just path to a renewable energy economy for all.
Read more about ALIGN’s 2025 Agenda for a Green, Affordable NY.