Adrienne Adams

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Adrienne Adams
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Candidate, Mayor of New York

New York City Council District 28
Tenure

2017 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

8

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 7, 2023

Next election

June 24, 2025

Education

Bachelor's

Spelman College

Personal
Profession
Child development associate instructor and corporate trainer
Contact

Adrienne Adams (Democratic Party) is a member of the New York City Council, representing District 28. She assumed office in 2017. Her current term ends on January 1, 2026.

Adams (Democratic Party) is running for election for Mayor of New York. She declared candidacy for the Democratic primary scheduled on June 24, 2025.[source]

Biography

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Adams earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from Spelman College.[1]

At the time of her 2017 run for city council, Adams was a child development associate instructor and corporate trainer.[1] Her experience also includes service as the chair of Community Board 12, the executive secretary for the board of directors of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority's IVYAKAdemy Day Care Center, and a member of the Queens Borough Public Library Board of Trustees, the Governor's Local Planning Committee for the Jamaica Downtown Revitalization Initiative, and the Jamaica NOW Leadership Council.[2]

Elections

2025

See also: Mayoral election in New York, New York (2025)

General election

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General election for Mayor of New York

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Mayor of New York

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Republican primary election

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2023

See also: City elections in New York, New York (2023)

General election

General election for New York City Council District 28

Incumbent Adrienne Adams defeated Rusat Ramgopal in the general election for New York City Council District 28 on November 7, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Adrienne Adams
Adrienne Adams (D)
 
85.0
 
6,521
Image of Rusat Ramgopal
Rusat Ramgopal (R / Common Sense Party)
 
14.1
 
1,079
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.9
 
72

Total votes: 7,672
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Democratic primary election

Democratic Primary for New York City Council District 28

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Adrienne Adams in round 1 .


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Republican primary election

Republican Primary for New York City Council District 28

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Rusat Ramgopal in round 1 .


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Endorsements

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2021

See also: City elections in New York, New York (2021)

General election

General election for New York City Council District 28

Incumbent Adrienne Adams defeated Ivan Mossop Jr. in the general election for New York City Council District 28 on November 2, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Adrienne Adams
Adrienne Adams (D)
 
88.8
 
13,488
Image of Ivan Mossop Jr.
Ivan Mossop Jr. (R)
 
11.0
 
1,671
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
33

Total votes: 15,192
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Democratic primary election

Democratic Primary for New York City Council District 28

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Adrienne Adams in round 1 .


Total votes: 14,035
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Ivan Mossop Jr. advanced from the Republican primary for New York City Council District 28.

2017

See also: Mayoral election in New York, New York (2017) and Municipal elections in New York, New York (2017)

New York City held elections for mayor, public advocate, comptroller, and all 51 seats on the city council in 2017. New Yorkers also voted for offices in their boroughs: The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island.

Primary elections were scheduled for September 12, 2017, and the general election was on November 7, 2017. Under New York law, candidates who run unopposed in a primary or general election win the nomination or election automatically, and their names do not appear on the ballot.[3] Adrienne Adams (D) defeated Hettie Powell (Working Families) and Ivan Mossop Jr. (R) in the general election for the District 28 seat on the New York City Council.

New York City Council, District 28 General Election, 2017
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Adrienne Adams 86.10% 14,767
     Working Families Hettie Powell 8.36% 1,434
     Republican Ivan Mossop Jr. 5.36% 919
Write-in votes 0.18% 31
Total Votes 17,151
Source: New York City Board of Elections, "General Election - November 7, 2017," accessed January 2, 2018


Adrienne Adams defeated Richard David and Hettie Powell in the Democratic primary election for the District 28 seat on the New York City Council.[4]

New York City Council, District 28 Democratic Primary Election, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Adrienne Adams 39.17% 3,499
Richard David 31.59% 2,822
Hettie Powell 28.98% 2,589
Write-in votes 0.26% 23
Total Votes 8,933
Source: New York City Board of Elections, "2017 Primary: Certified Results," accessed September 28, 2017


Endorsements

Adams received endorsements from the following in 2017:[5]

2016

See also: New York State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the New York State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on September 13, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The filing deadline for major party candidates was July 14, 2016. The filing deadline for independent candidates was August 23, 2016.

Incumbent James Sanders, Jr. defeated Adrienne E. Adams in the New York State Senate District 10 general election.[7][8]

New York State Senate, District 10 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png James Sanders, Jr. Incumbent 96.52% 84,582
     Women's Equality Adrienne E. Adams 3.48% 3,054
Total Votes 87,636
Source: New York Board of Elections


Incumbent James Sanders, Jr. defeated Adrienne E. Adams in the New York State Senate District 10 Democratic primary.[9][10]

New York State Senate, District 10 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png James Sanders, Jr. Incumbent 57.95% 5,495
     Democratic Adrienne E. Adams 42.05% 3,988
Total Votes 9,483


Sanders also ran on the Working Families party ticket. Adams also ran on the Women's Equality party ticket.

Campaign themes

2025

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2023

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2021

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2017

In the New York Campaign Finance Board's voter guide, Adams listed her top three issues as:

  1. Housing Equity Over Hotels
  2. Eradicate Illegal Dumping
  3. Penalize Illegally Parked Trucks[11]
—Adrienne Adams[12]

2016

Adams' campaign website highlighted the following issues:

Education Equity
All children have the right to a free, quality public school education in a safe environment that provides an equal opportunity to succeed. We must guarantee a pipeline to success by providing our children a consistent quality of education from preschool through college. This means ensuring our students aren’t packed into overcrowded classrooms and placed in situations where two or more schools are forced to co-exist in one building.

Economic Development
Labor & Careers: Growth should be affordable to all community residents regardless of income level. Long-standing residents and small businesses should never be priced out of thriving in developing neighborhoods. The fear of increased property values and displacement must never be realized for the families of Southeast Queens. For many families, one of the most pressing concerns is stability. Parents want to ensure that their children and loved ones have a stable home with proper means to support their families. One of the most effective ways for families to achieve stability is through solid careers with opportunity for growth and benefits, including affordable health-care, dental coverage and retirement plans. I intend to work with labor union representation to continue to guarantee and protect careers, wages and benefits.

Minority & Women Owned Business Enterprises (M/WBEs)
The numbers of women in management and decision-making places in Corporate America do not reflect our numbers in tenacity of employment, paying the bills and keeping food on the table for our families. In this day and time, women are still at the bottom of the totem pole when it comes to gaining our fair share of business equity. I will partner with colleagues in Albany to ensure that new legislation supports pay equality for women.

Affordable Housing
I will fight to ensure that Southeast Queens gets its fair share of state funding and state-financed incentives to create new affordable housing units in our district. State government must ensure that developers building new housing and commercial properties provide rental and home ownership opportunities for working families. The issue of affordable housing extends to the senior population. As our neighborhoods are being developed, less affordable housing exists for seniors. A majority of their lives have been spent working with a hope of retirement and the an ability to afford housing on fixed incomes. I will work to ensure that housing development in District 10 includes access to exceptional affordable homes.[11]

—Adrienne Adams' campaign website, (2016)[13]

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
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New York City Council District 28
2017-Present
Succeeded by
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