FRIDAY, MAR. 7, 2025
Dear New Yorkers,
As the school bell rang, students at Bayside High School in Queens began to descend the building’s main staircase, which hasn’t changed much since two City Hall characters attended the school together in the late 1970s: Mayor Eric Adams and Speaker Adrienne Adams.
But the fact that these two high-profile Bayside alums named Adams will be facing off this summer in the mayoral election was news to many students that THE CITY spoke to there.
“Imma be completely 100% honest with you, I have no idea. I have no information — actually, I just hear names,” Richard Surprise, a senior who is turning 18 in April, said.
Surprise’s classmate, senior Xavier Greene, had a stronger opinion.
“I just don’t want — wait, what’s Mayor Adams’ first name?” said Greene, who is turning 18 in May. “Oh yes, Eric! I don’t want Eric. He didn’t do nothing for us. He came to visit and he just walked around. He didn’t do nothing.”
One student said that he thinks Eric “cares about the school.” Another heard he’s “done a lot of embezzlement or something.” And one more said he heard that Eric wasn’t “acting like a mayor” — “he’s, like, in a club, popping bottles.”
As for Speaker Adams? Most students hadn’t heard of her at all.
Read more here about what current Bayside students think about the school’s City Hall alumni.
Weather ☀️
Sunny, with a high of 48 degrees — and a wind advisory!
MTA 🚇
In The Bronx, the 2 train will come every 16 minutes between East 180 Street and Wakefield-241 Street between 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Find all the MTA’s planned changes and the latest delays here.
Alternate side parking 🚙
It’s in effect today, Mar. 7.
By the way…
Can non-citizens campaign for a mayoral candidate? We got this question from a reader last week. The short answer is: yes! Read our latest RANKED CHOICES newsletter to learn more.
Our Other Top Stories
- Andrew Cuomo scored the endorsement of a city union that represents more than 25,000 security officers and other staff in public schools, hospitals and Housing Authority complexes. It’s a major coup for the former governor — last time around, the union endorsed Scott Stringer.
- The commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, Manuel Castro, refused to criticize parts of President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda when grilled by Council at a budget hearing yesterday. It was unexpected for Castro, whose official biography notes that he grew up undocumented — and who wouldn’t say if Adams told him not to criticize Trump.
Things To Do
Here’s what’s going on around the city this week.
- Friday, Mar. 7: Play glow-in-the-dark pickleball! Players of all levels are welcome. Chelsea Recreation Center, Manhattan. 5:30 p.m.
- Saturday, Mar. 8: As part of The Met’s Women’s History Month programming, hear pianist Sarah Cahill perform a program featuring more than 70 pieces from women across the globe. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2 to 8 p.m. — you can come and go as you please.
- Sunday, Mar. 9: Calling Greta Gerwig: Learn about lady birds at this Women’s History Month-themed birding excursion. Baisley Pond Park in Queens, 1 p.m.
THE KICKER: Karma’s a relaxing thought: A Queens resident was arrested for using a StubHub loophole to steal and resell Taylor Swift tickets, making over $600,000.
Thanks, as always, for reading. Make it a great Friday.
Love,
THE CITY
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