When the newly seated City Council meets next week, one of its first major decisions will be how to respond to 19 vetoes former Mayor Eric Adams issued on his last day in office, which block measures that would have expanded street vendor licenses, barred ICE from maintaining offices at Rikers Island, and given the city’s police watchdog direct access to officers’ body camera footage.
Adams’ move on New Year’s Eve amounted to a final thumb in the eye of a City Council he’d feuded with throughout his administration.
“My team has worked diligently and in good faith to find common ground with the City Council on our shared priorities, but the Council, once again, proved unwilling to temper its reckless legislation,” Adams said in a statement…