New York City's largest municipal employees union reached a tentative deal Friday with the Adams administration on a contract that includes pay raises and a bonus, Mayor Eric Adams said Friday.

According to Adams, a five-year contract agreement the city reached with District Council 37 will provide its members with 3% annual raises for the first four years, followed by a 3.25% raise in the fifth year.

Henry Garrido, DC37's executive director, joined Errol Louis on "Inside City Hall" Friday to discuss the agreement. His union members have not seen a raise since 2019.

"We're at a point now where we have a contract for the workers that sets the pattern for everybody else," he said, discussing what the contract will mean for other unions negotiating with the city.

When asked if it helped having a former city worker as the mayor, Garrido said it did.

"I think this could not have happened if we had not had somebody who was willing to listen, but also somebody who sort of understood what it's like to be in the shoes of a city worker," he said.