Adrienne Eadie Adams (born December 9, 1960) is an American politician serving as Speaker of the New York City Council since 2022.

[2] Her district includes the Queens borough neighborhoods of Jamaica, Rochdale Village, Richmond Hill and South Ozone Park.

[1] Adrienne Eadie was raised by "two proud union workers" in Hollis, Queens – a truck driver for UPS, and a cook for Rikers Island.

New York politicians, retirees and their former unions have been divided on the budget-cutting conversion to Medicare Advantage since Mayor Bill De Blasio and the Municipal Labor Committee first proposed it in 2021.

Promptly signed by the mayor, the bill authorized the construction and conversion of an estimated 80,000 additional housing units in New York City over 15 years.

[1] Her blended family includes her husband Joseph J. Adams, four adult children, and eleven grandchildren (as of July 2023[update]).