I've been talking about this for a while, and thinking about it for even longer. I love music & entertainment, but I really, really love telling stories. Highlighting people and places on the come up. Things you need to be on the look out for, opportunities, events, local stories, interviews, some politics even. It became harder and harder to do that in the fog of entertainment news and trending topics.

But #ParleMag isn't going anywhere. We're just expanding. Growing.

The 20th anniversary of my first baby is 6 months away, and there is much to come from that.

For this moment however, I want to introduce you to my newest phase. Parle New York aka ParleNY aka parleny.com

The interview I did with NYC Mayor Eric Adams will live on this new platform. The first of many interviews highlighting The CITY and its people.

I welcome you to join me on this continued journey.

#ParleNY

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We talked to the mayor of the greatest city in the world. Discussed his challenges, his priorities and a bit of what’s the come.  Dive into the Parle New York Mayor Eric Adams interview…

Being mayor of New York City is arguably the hardest job in New York. It’s certainly the most criticized and scrutinized. When New York City Mayor Eric Leroy Adams took office on January 1, 2022, he inherited the city in a post-covid fog. A city still trying to recover from loss of life, loss of learning for our students, loss of opportunity for many workers, and loss of many city staples that had shut down over the course of the pandemic. Mayor Bill de Blasio had left the city in a precarious state and Covid-19 created new norms, but Eric Adams was willing to step in and take up the reins, even if that meant he would never truly be loved or appreciated for his efforts.

I don’t want to gloss over the journey that has been the last 2 years. Eric Adams was not a overwhelming majority favorite candidate. In fact, in a crowded Democratic primary, which featured the first ever ranked choice voting in New York City, Adams came away as the primary winner with about a one percent margin. The final contest against his Republican counterpart would be much easier, but due in part to the fracturing of the Democratic party, the turn out for the mayoral election hit a recent low, garnering only 21% of voters to the poll.

Still, a win is a win.