Mayor-Elect Eric Adams; Local Politics; Socially Conscious Infrastructure Spending; Making 'Build Back Better' Better; #BLTrees Series Launch

On today's show:

• Eric Adams, NYC Mayor-Elect and current Brooklyn Borough President, talks about his plans for office.
• WNYC's senior political correspondent Brigid Bergin rounds up the latest in local news including why ballot measures related to expanding voting access failed to pass in last week’s election, and who’s leading in the race to be New York City’s next City Council Speaker.
• Eric Eve, founder and CEO of Ichor Strategies, discusses how the federal infrastructure bill can be used to help underserved communities -- if local governments do it right.
• Anat Shenker-Osorio, strategic communications consultant and host of the "Words To Win By" podcast, discusses the Democratic party's messaging around the Build Back Better bill and what she thinks they could do better.
• #BLTrees: Marielle Anzelone, botanist and founder of NYC Wildflower Week (.org), and Chris Martine, professor of Plant Genetics and Research at Bucknell University, YouTube host of "Plants are Cool Too!", and the author of Trees of New Jersey and the Mid-Atlantic States, kick off a series of monthly conversations about the trees around us.

Transcripts are posted to the individual segment pages as soon as they are available.