City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams on Wednesday emailed her members instructing them to ignore a new form Mayor Eric Adams’ administration is requesting
, further escalates already existing tensions between the two sides of City Hall over a growing list of issues including how to shape theIn the speaker’s late Wednesday afternoon email, reviewed by amNewYork Metro, she blasted the two-page online “Elected Officials Agency Engagement Request” form as a hindrance to quick and effective governance.
The mayor’s office, for its part, argues the form is actually aimed at “streamlining services and maximizing resources.”“Several elected officials — including councilmembers — are already effectively using this process, and, as the mayor said today, we are confident that this will allow city agencies to better coordinate their efforts and more efficiently use their time,” she said.
The form quickly drew the ire of multiple council members when it was first revealed on Tuesday. Even NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban is not a fan of the form, according to a “Being told to fill out a form just feels like a kiss off,” he said, in a text message. “It would be like me telling a constituent who called my office looking for help to hang up and call 311.”
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