D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is heading to New York City on Tuesday for a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower.
The meeting, which will take place at 11 a.m., came at the request of the mayor, according to Bowser spokesperson LaToya Foster.
Foster says that discussion points will be statehood, infrastructure, and public safety, though she did not provide information on what aspects of public safety, in particular, would be part of the conversation. Bowser will be joined in the meeting by her chief of staff, John Falcicchio, and senior adviser Beverly Perry.
““I am pleased the President-elect accepted our request for a sit down meeting to discuss Washington D.C.’s priorities,” said Bowser in a release. “It is a longstanding point of pride for Washingtonians to be gracious hosts for Presidents and the federal government. Tomorrow, I will speak with the President-Elect on how we can work together to continue Washington D.C.’s growth.”
The Trump transition team has not responded to a request for comment about their agenda for the meeting or who will be in attendance. The meeting is closed to press, though Foster says Bowser will be available to take questions afterwards.
The mayor, a Democrat, was a strong supporter of Hillary Clinton during the election. So did D.C. more generally, where she won more than 90 percent of the vote, to Trump’s 4 percent.
Bowser released a statement in mid-November affirming D.C.’s status as a sanctuary city. “The values, laws, and policies of Washington, D.C. did not change on Election Day. We celebrate our diversity and respect all D.C. residents no matter their immigration status,” she said. Some advocates, however, confronted her over what they saw as a weak response to Trump’s election.
Before Trump began running for office, Bowser had a better relationship with the president-elect and his family. She spoke at the groundbreaking of Trump International Hotel at the Old Post Office in July 2014. Members of the Trump family, Donald included, contributed $9,000 to her election and inaugural committees.
Bowser did not attend the ribbon cutting ceremony at the hotel this fall, but she said she will attend inauguration.
While Trump has said he will move into the White House when he takes office in January, his wife and youngest son will not join him, at least not until the end of the school year—at a cost of $1 million a day to New York City.
This story has been updated.
Rachel Kurzius