In a recent interview, New York City Mayor Eric Adams, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, and Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner sat down with ABC News Correspondent Jonathan Karl to discuss the problems plaguing the nation’s four largest cities, which are all being led by Black mayors for the first time in history.
“It’s a moment for us,” Adams told Karl during an annual meeting of the countries’ mayors in Washington, D.C, per ABC News. “It’s a moment that we are now really going after those tough challenges and historical problems that we fought for many years to be in the driver’s seat.”
When asked what’s the No. 1 issue their cities are facing, Turner and Adams said “public safety,” while Bass said she’s grappling with homelessness in Los Angeles.
“In Los Angeles, without a doubt, it’s homelessness,” Bass said. “But it’s the intersection of income inequality and also public safety. And because income inequality is so severe in Los Angeles, the most…
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