Community Groups, Unions Hold Protest Outside Mayor Adams’ State Of The City Address

By The Peoples Plan NYC Photos: The Peoples Plan NYC NEW YORK, NY – January 9, 2025 – A coalition of grassroots community groups, unions, and New Yorkers held a protest outside Mayor Eric Adams’ fourth State of the City address to call attention to policies and budget cuts that have negatively impacted working-class New Yorkers.  The event was organized by Freedom Agenda, The People’s Plan NYC, New York Communities for Change (NYCC), Make the Road NY, Metropolitan Council on Housing, Alliance for Quality Education (AQE), Jews For Racial & Economic Justice (JFREJ), Muslim Organizing Collective, Malikah Safety Center, PSC-CUNY, and others who oppose the Mayor’s policies that make life harder for poor and working people in New York City. Under Mayor Adams’ leadership, New York City has faced: Cuts to education, childcare, parks, and essential services that working families rely on. Soaring rent increases and housing policies that prioritize profits over people’s basic needs. Corruption and pay-to-play practices that have wasted millions of public dollars while the administration faces legal battles and allegations of misconduct. Rollbacks on civil rights, including the return of harmful policing practices like stop-and-frisk, increased jailing, and failure to close Rikers Island despite a decade...