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Eric Adams
Mayor of New York City
Assuming office
January 1, 2022
DeputyLorraine Grillo
SucceedingBill de Blasio
18th Borough President of Brooklyn
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 1, 2014
Preceded byMarty Markowitz
Member of the New York State Senate
from the 20th district
In office
January 1, 2007 – December 31, 2013
Preceded byCarl Andrews
Succeeded byJesse Hamilton
Personal details
Born
Eric Leroy Adams

(1960-09-01) September 1, 1960 (age 64)
New York City, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic (before 1997, 2001–present)
Other political
affiliations		Republican (1997–2001)[1]
Domestic partnerTracey Collins[2]
Children1
EducationNew York City College of Technology (AA)
John Jay College of Criminal Justice (BA)
Marist College (MPA)
Occupation
  • Politician
  • police officer
  • author
Signature
WebsiteBorough website
Campaign website
Police career
Department New York City Police Department
Service years1984–2006
RankCaptain
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Eric Adams

Eric Leroy Adams (born September 1, 1960) is an American politician and retired police officer, who is the mayor of New York City.

Adams served as an officer in the New York City Transit Police and then the New York City Police Department for over two decades, retiring at the rank of captain. He served in the New York State Senate from 2006 to 2013, representing the 20th Senate district in Brooklyn. In November 2013, Adams was elected Brooklyn Borough President. He was reelected in November 2017 and is the first African American to hold the position.

On November 17, 2020, Adams announced his candidacy for mayor of New York City. Early polls showed Adams trailing only Andrew Yang, who benefited from name recognition from his 2020 Democratic presidential run.[3] On July 6, 2021, the Associated Press declared Adams the winner of the 2021 Democratic mayoral primary. Adams defeated Republican Curtis Sliwa in the general election in a landslide victory.[4][5][6] Adams become mayor at midnight on January 1, 2022.

Early life and education

Adams was born in Brownsville, Brooklyn, on September 1, 1960.[7] His mother worked double shifts as a housecleaner and had received only a third-grade education.[8] His father was a butcher who struggled with alcohol abuse.[9][10] Both of his parents moved to New York City from Alabama in the 1950s.[10] Adams was raised in a rat-infested tenement in Bushwick, Brooklyn, and his family was so poor that he often brought a bag of clothes to school with him in case of a sudden eviction from his home.[11] In 1968, however, his mother managed to save up enough money to buy a house and move the family to South Jamaica, Queens.[10] He was the fourth of six children and as a young boy he worked as a squeegee boy.[11]

At age 14, Adams joined a gang, the 7-Crowns, and became known as "a tough little guy."[10] He would hold money for local hustlers. He also ran errands, including purchasing groceries, for a dancer and part-time prostitute named Micki after she became injured.[10] After Micki refused to pay for the groceries he purchased or the work he had done, Adams and his brother stole her TV and a money order. The two were later arrested for criminal trespassing.[10] While in police custody, they were beaten by NYPD officers until a black cop intervened. Adams was sent to a juvenile detention center for a few days before being sentenced to probation.[10] Adams suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder after the incident but has said that the violent encounter motivated him to enter law enforcement. Adams was particularly intrigued by the black police officer and by the swagger and respect that comes with being in law enforcement.[10] A local pastor added to his motivation when he suggested that by joining the police force, he could aid in reforming police culture from within.[12][13][14]

Adams graduated from Bayside High School in Queens in 1978, but struggled to maintain good grades.[15] He began attending college while working as a mechanic and a mailroom clerk at the Brooklyn District Attorney's office, receiving an associate degree from the New York City College of Technology, a B.A. from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and an M.P.A. from Marist College.[16] Adams experienced an academic turnaround that he credits to a dyslexia diagnosis in college: "I went from a D student to the dean's list."[17]

Policing career

Adams served as an officer in the New York City Transit Police and in the New York City Police Department (NYPD) for 22 years. He has described his wanting to serve as a reaction to the abuse he suffered by NYPD in his youth and separately stated that he was encouraged to join to lead reform from within.[18][19][20][21] He attended the New York City Police Academy and graduated second in his class in 1984.[8]

Adams started in the New York City Transit Police, and continued with the NYPD when the transit police and the NYPD merged.[22] He worked in the 6th Precinct in Greenwich Village, the 94th Precinct in Greenpoint, and the 88th Precinct covering Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. In 1986, white police officers raised their guns at Adams when he was working as a plainclothes officer; he was mistaken for a suspect.[10] During the 1990s, Adams served as president of the Grand Council of Guardians, an African American patrolmen's association.[23]

Adams worked with the Nation of Islam in the 1990s because of their work in patrolling crime-ridden housing projects.[10] Adams met with their leader Louis Farrakhan and appeared on stage with him at an event. Adams also suggested that Mayor David Dinkins meet with Farrakhan and hire the Nation of Islam's security company to patrol housing projects. Adams's ties to Farrakhan—who has made antisemitic comments—received criticism in the New York Post.[10]

In 1995, Adams served as an escort for Mike Tyson when he was released from jail following his rape conviction.[24] That same year, in response to the election of Rudy Giuliani as Mayor, he co-founded 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care, an advocacy group for black police officers that sought criminal justice reform and often spoke out against police brutality and racial profiling.[25][26] The group also held tutorials that taught black male youth how to deal with the police if they are detained, which included turning on the car's dome light, putting their hands on the wheel and deescalating the situation. However, many activists, including Al Sharpton, criticized Adams's efforts, claiming that he was merely teaching young black people how to "live under oppression".[10]

In 1999, Adams said on race in policing: "Lying is at the root of our training. At the academy, recruits are told that they should not see black or brown people as different, but we all do. We all know that the majority of people arrested for predatory crimes are African-American. We didn't create that scenario, but we have to police in that scenario. So we need to be honest and talk about it."[27]

Adams was a first responder at the World Trade Center site during the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. He arrived at Ground Zero during the evening of September 11 and was in charge of leading a group of police officers to secure the site in the event of a second attack.[28]

In 2006, Adams was put under surveillance and investigated by the NYPD for appearing on television in his official capacity as a police officer and critiquing Mayor Michael Bloomberg.[24] He retired with the rank of captain from the police force in 2006 after serving more than two decades in the NYPD.[29]

Early political career

In the 1990s, Adams began to eye a political career, with the ultimate goal to become the Mayor of New York City. He spoke to William Lynch Jr., who was an advisor to Mayor David Dinkins, about a political career.[11] Lynch encouraged Adams to first obtain a bachelor's degree, rise within the NYPD's ranks and successfully run for a lower political office.[11]

During the 1993 mayoral election, Adams, a supporter of the incumbent candidate for mayor, David Dinkins, made a controversial comment about a candidate for New York State Comptroller, Herman Badillo. Adams said that if Badillo—who was Puerto Rican—were concerned about the Hispanic community, he would have married a Hispanic woman and not a Jewish woman.[30] These comments became a point of turmoil in the election and caused controversy for Dinkins who ultimately lost the election.[24]

In 1994, Adams ran for Congress against incumbent Major Owens in the Democratic primary for New York's 11th congressional district[1] but failed to receive the necessary signatures to make the ballot.[31] Adams claims that his petition signatures had been stolen by someone on behalf of Owens, but police found no evidence of such.[11][24]

Adams registered as a Republican in 1997, before switching back to the Democratic Party in 2001, according to the Board of Elections.[26][27] Adams has said his switch to the Republican Party was a protest move against what he saw as failed Democratic leadership.[11]

New York State Senate

In 2006, Adams ran for New York State Senate.[32] He was elected and served four terms until 2013, when he was elected Brooklyn Borough President.[33] He represented the 20th Senate District, which includes parts of the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Brownsville, Crown Heights, East Flatbush, Park Slope, Prospect Heights, and Sunset Park.[33]

Adams was known for being a rabble rouser in the State Senate, who could capture the attention of the media. He would often brandish his convertible BMW and placed billboards around parts of Brooklyn bemoaning pants sagging.[11] He also published an instructional video to teach parents how to search their child's room for contraband. In the demonstration, Adams finds a crack pipe in a backpack, bullets behind a picture frame and marijuana secreted inside of a doll.[11] As a freshman state senator, he joined other legislators requesting a pay raise for the New York's lawmakers, who had not received a raise since 1999. At the time, they ranked third-highest in pay among state lawmakers in the United States.[34][35] During his speech on the floor supporting a pay raise for legislators, he lamented "show me the money."[11]

In 2009, two New York State Senate Democrats aligned with Republicans creating a standoff over who would be the Senate's next leader.[11] It was Adams who worked to foster a compromise to nominate John L. Sampson as the Minority Leader of the New York State Senate.[11] That same year, Adams was one of the 24 state senators to vote in favor of marriage equality in New York State.[36] He spoke in support of the freedom to marry during the debate before the vote.[36] When the bill failed to become law, he again voted to legalize same-sex marriage in New York in 2011. On July 24, 2011, New York's Marriage Equality Act came into effect.

In 2010, Adams became Chair of the Senate Racing and Wagering Committee and was praised for his engagement in this position. He would spend hours traveling and visiting racetracks to further study the issue.[11] He came under investigation for his handling of choosing an operator to run the gambling operation at the Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens. A report conducted by the state inspector general was critical of Adams' judgment as he leaked information on the bidding process, fundraised from potential bidders and attended the victory celebration of the company that was awarded the contract.[11][24] The matter was referred to the United States Department of Justice, but they took no action and Adams maintained no wrongdoing calling the report a "political hit piece."[11][24][37][38] In February 2010, Adams was one of just eight members of the New York Senate who voted not to expel Senator Hiram Monserrate from the legislature after he was convicted of assault for dragging his girlfriend down a hallway and slashing her face with a piece of glass.[11]

Adams was a vocal opponent of the NYPD's "stop and frisk" policy, which predominantly affected young black and Latino men, and which in 2000 the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights said constituted racial profiling.[39] In 2011, he supported calling for a federal investigation into stop-and-frisk practices.[39] He championed a bill to stop the NYPD from gathering data about individuals who had been stopped but not charged.[40]

In 2012, Adams served as co-chair of New York's State Legislators Against Illegal Guns.[41][42] Adams and five other state lawmakers wore hooded sweatshirts in the legislative chamber on March 12, 2012, in protest of the shooting of Trayvon Martin, a Florida teen who was killed by George Zimmerman.[43][44]

Brooklyn Borough President

Adams in 2020

On November 5, 2013, Adams was elected Brooklyn Borough President with 90.8 percent of the vote, more than any other candidate for borough president in New York City that year.[45] In 2017, he was elected with 83.0 percent of the vote.[46] In both of his campaigns, he was unopposed in the Democratic primaries.[47]

Community boards

Adams, in his role as Brooklyn Borough President, appoints the members of each of the 18 community boards in Brooklyn, half of which are nominated by local members of the City Council. Community board members represent their neighbors in matters dealing with land use and other specific neighborhood needs.[48]

In 2016, Adams launched a digital application that could be used as a paperless alternative to applying for a position on one of Brooklyn's community boards. Applications increased by 10 percent.[49][50]

Land use

Under the New York City Charter, borough presidents must submit Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) recommendations on certain uses of land throughout their borough.[51][52] Adams has used his ULURP recommendations to propose additional permanently affordable housing units in the rezoning of East New York; the relocation of municipal government agencies to East New York to reduce density in Downtown Brooklyn and create jobs for community residents; and the redevelopment of 25 Kent Avenue in Williamsburg as manufacturing space, with increased property taxes directed to the acquisition of the remaining proposed sections of Bushwick Inlet Park and their development as a community resource.[53][54]

Adams has encouraged New York City to build affordable housing on municipally-owned properties such as the Brownsville Community Justice Center, over railyards and railways, and on space now used for parking lots.[55]

Adams created the Faith-Based Property Development Initiative, which supports religious institutions that want to develop property for the benefit of the community, such as affordable housing and space for community activities.[56]

In September 2017, Adams unveiled his recommendations for the future of the Bedford Union Armory in Crown Heights. His recommendation was to disapprove the application with conditions while calling for the inclusion of a greater amount of affordable housing on-site. The Bedford Union Armory proposals would contain recreational facilities, spaces for local non-profits, and two new residential buildings, including a condominium building along President Street in place of the Armory's stables.

In July 2018, Adams announced a joint $10-million, 19-plaintiff lawsuit with the Housing Rights Initiative (HRI) filed in Kings County Supreme Court. It stemmed from a comprehensive investigation by HRI that found that New York City real estate developer Kushner Companies engaged in illegal construction practices in a 338-unit building (formerly the Austin, Nichols and Company Warehouse), located at 184 Kent Avenue in Williamsburg. According to independent research, families, including children and babies, were exposed to highly toxic and cancer-causing substances, including, but not limited to, the lung carcinogen crystalline silica and lead.[citation needed]

Also in July 2018, Adams urged the developer involved in the Kensington Stables site in Windsor Terrace to help preserve the stables as part of a new proposal for the site.[57]

Education

In partnership with Medgar Evers College, Adams created the Brooklyn Pipeline, which provides developmental learning and enrichment opportunities to public school students in Brooklyn, teaches parents to better support their children's education, and facilitates professional development training to teachers and school leaders.[58][59]

He wrote an editorial in The New York Daily News calling on the New York City Department of Education (DOE) to test all pre-Kindergarten students for gifted and talented programs, including African-American and Latino children who have historically been excluded.[60]

Adams entered Brooklyn into the "Hour of Code" challenge with Chicago Public Schools. This challenge was designed to improve the computer skills of students. Brooklyn students were victorious, with more than 80 percent of the district schools throughout Brooklyn participating in the program.[61][62]

Based on a report prepared by the Independent Budget Office of New York City (IBO) at his request, Adams urged the City University of New York (CUNY) system to explore reinstating free tuition for two-year community colleges, which could improve graduation rates and lead to increased earnings potential and taxpayer contribution, as well as expand access to higher education.[63]

He has advocated for making two-year CUNY colleges free.[64]

Adams is a supporter of Orthodox Jewish Yeshivas, which have faced accusations of failing to properly educate students when it comes to secular subjects. On Yeshivas Adams has said, "Children have a right to receive the best education, and not all communities, and not all parents take the same approach..." He has suggested appointing community ambassadors to serve as intermediaries between Yeshivas and City Hall.[65]

Foreign affairs

Adams has described himself as "not a domesticated leader, [but] a global leader."[11] Under the title of Borough President, Adams has traveled extensively throughout the world including to Senegal, Turkey and Cuba.[11] He created at least five sister city agreements between Brooklyn and cities in other countries that he visited.[11]

As Borough President, Adams traveled to China seven times. He allocated $2 million towards a plan to build a 40-foot friendship archway in the Chinese neighborhood of Sunset Park, Brooklyn, but the Chinese government ended up rescinding gifting the archway and the deal fell through.[11]

Israel

Adams is a supporter of Israel. He has visited Israel multiple times, including leading a 2016 delegation focused on public safety and economic development between the US and Israel. He opposes the BDS Movement.[66]

Health

Adams with Judge Rachel Freier in 2016

Adams launched the Family Friendly Brooklyn initiative by creating a lactation room in Brooklyn Borough Hall, with open access to the public.[67] He introduced a bill in the New York City Council that would require all municipal buildings providing services to the public to have lactation rooms. The bill was passed by the City Council on July 14, 2016.[68] In July 2018, Adams publicly denounced President Trump's efforts to stop Ecuador from passing a U.N. resolution stating that breastfeeding is the most beneficial way of feeding a child.[69]

After Adams received a personal diagnosis of type two diabetes in 2016, he adopted a plant-based diet and has since used the office to advocate for Brooklynites to adopt plant-based diets along with encouraging healthier lifestyles. The Office of the Brooklyn Borough President launched a plant-based nutrition page on its website with links to resources encouraging vegan and plant-based lifestyles, as well as printable handouts produced by the borough.[70] Additionally, Adams has also prompted the City Council to pass a resolution called "Ban the Baloney," which aims for schools across the city to stop serving processed meats. He has also been an avid supporter of "Meatless Mondays" in public schools.[71] In 2021, Adams authorized a grant from the borough to SUNY Downstate College of Medicine to establish a plant-based supplemental curriculum.[72]

After a spike in rat complaints, Adams co-hosted a Rat Summit alongside Council Member Robert Cornegy in June 2018 to address the issue of rats throughout the borough.[73] In September 2019, he promoted new traps that lured rats with nuts and seeds before knocking them out and drowning them. He showed a group of reporters one of the traps that had caught rats around Brooklyn Borough Hall. He presented their corpses in an effort to demonstrate the trap's effectiveness. Adams and his team said the traps were more humane than poison because they did not cause the rats to suffer in pain for an extended period. The group "Voters for Animal Rights" wrote an open letter to the borough president questioning the usefulness of these traps to achieve their goal and their purported humaneness.[74][75][76]

Housing

To address the displacement of longtime residents by gentrification, Adams has held a series of town halls in Bedford–Stuyvesant and East Flatbush to investigate cases of tenant harassment, and also organized legal clinics in East New York, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, and Sunset Park to provide free legal assistance to tenants.[77][78][79][80]

He stood on the damaged roof of 110 Humboldt Street, a seven-story residential building in the Borinquen Plaza II development in Williamsburg, as he called on Governor Andrew Cuomo to restore $100 million in State funding for New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) roof repairs.[81]

In June 2018, Adams suggested lowering the height of the Alloy Development's Downtown Brooklyn project, 80 Flatbush, from 986 to 600 feet in order to not disrupt or overwhelm the existing community surrounding the building.[82]

Gentrification

In 2017 when speaking about gentrification, Adams said "Our young people coming in need to understand that they are not the modern-day Christopher Columbus: They did not discover Brooklyn. Brooklyn was here long before they set sail, and if anything they need to be part of the greatness of Brooklyn and add their flavor, but not destroy what we are."[24]

In January 2020, Adams gave a speech at an event in Harlem celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day. During the speech, he discussed recent New York City transplants, saying, "Go back to Iowa. You go back to Ohio! New York City belongs to the people that [were] here and made New York City what it is."[83][84] Earlier in the speech, Adams spoke highly of long-term residents, saying, "You were here before Starbucks. You were here before others came and decided they wanted to be part of this city. Folks are not only hijacking your apartments and displacing your living arrangements, they displace your conversations and say that things that are important to you are no longer important."[84][85][86]

A spokeswoman for Mayor Bill de Blasio said, "The mayor doesn’t agree with how it was said, but the borough president voiced a very real frustration. We need to improve affordability in this city to ensure New Yorkers can stay in the city they love, but New York City will always be a city for everyone."[84] Adams later clarified that he only took issue with new arrivals who don't engage with longtime residents or their communities.[84]

Public safety

Adams with Councilmember Kalman Yeger and members of the Jewish community after the 2019 Jersey City shooting

Adams has criticized the use of excessive force in the arrest of Eric Garner, who died after being placed in a chokehold prohibited by NYPD regulations, and the arrest of postal carrier Glen Grays, who was determined not to have committed any crime or infraction.[87][88][89][90]

After the 2014 killings of NYPD officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos, he wrote an editorial for the New York Daily News calling on police officers and the community to work with each other to build a relationship of mutual respect.[87]

Together with Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and civil rights attorney Norman Siegel, Adams held a series of seven public forums and four Google Hangouts for community residents to share their experiences with the police. The information was used to compile a report, and it was concluded that New York City should work to involve the public in the work of the NYPD, improve training for police officers, and allow independent investigations when police misconduct has been alleged.[91][92]

Following the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on February 14, 2018, he joined the efforts of Brooklyn students by organizing an emergency meeting at Brooklyn Borough Hall and a rally in Prospect Park to demand stricter gun laws.[93] That same month, after a correctional officer endured a beating from six inmates at the George Motchan Detention Center on Rikers Island, Adams stood outside the Brooklyn Detention Center to express his support to reinstate solitary confinement in prisons.[94]

Technology

Adams formed a partnership with flowthings.io, a Brooklyn-based startup, and Dell computer to access and collect real-time data on conditions in Brooklyn Borough Hall, with device counters to monitor occupancy in rooms that sometimes experience overcrowding, multi-sensors to determine whether equipment has been operating efficiently, sensors such as smart-strips and smart-plugs to measure energy usage around the building, and ultrasonic rangefinders to identify that ADA-designated entrances are accessible in real-time.[95]

He partnered with tech startup Heat Seek NYC to allow tenants to be able to report conditions in their apartments with sensor hardware and web applications.[96]

Adams opposed efforts to limit the number of new e-hail cars such as Uber, explaining that such technologies provide opportunities for people of color to find work and travel in their communities.[97]

Parking disputes

Adams has been criticized for what critics described as parking illegally and allowing his staff to do so as Brooklyn Borough President, by abusing official "parking placards" which allow for temporary or emergency lifting of parking restrictions for official government business, or, in some cases, even using imitation placards.[98][99][100] In August 2019, after Adams was again criticized for what critics described as parking and placard abuse in Brooklyn, he responded to Twitter account on the topic by comparing the accuser to the Ku Klux Klan, tweeting, "Not sure of what you are talking about but the greatest level of fear is reflected in people who hide their faces while throwing insults. My life work speaks of my courage. Your hidden face is in the tradition of others who hid themselves with white hoods".[101][102][103]

At a September 2019 town hall, Adams said that "The only individuals who are allowed to park private vehicles around the building are my women employees that I have told they have to respond late at night when they call."[103] His defense did not assuage critics.[104] They called the behavior lawless[105] and said that it blocked access to crosswalks and sidewalks by handicapped individuals.[101] As of October 2019, the behavior continued, and a spokesperson said the parking policy was being reviewed.[106][107]

Other initiatives

In 2014, Adams established One Brooklyn Fund, a non-profit organization for community programs, grant writing, and extolling local businesses, though it has been criticized as serving as a conduit for his public profile and for allowing non-campaign pay to play contributions from developers and lobbyists.[108] Adams' office have been investigated twice by the city Department of Investigation (DOI) over One Brooklyn's fundraising. The first investigation was in 2014 over asking potential attendees if they were interested in providing "financial support" to One Brooklyn. In 2016, Adams' office was found by the DOI to wrongly license the use of Borough Hall to the Mayor's Office for an event.[109][110]

Given the success of the brewing industry in Brooklyn, Adams, since October 2017, has called for a more lenient Blue Law, allowing New York City businesses to start selling alcohol two hours earlier starting at 8 a.m.[111]

2021 New York City mayoral campaign

Main article: 2021 New York City mayoral election
Eric Adams
Logo for Adams' 2021 mayoral campaign.
CandidateEric Adams
Brooklyn Borough President (2014–2022)
AffiliationDemocratic Party
Status
  • Announced: November 18, 2020
  • Presumptive nominee: July 7, 2021
  • Official nominee: July 20, 2021
  • Won election: November 2, 2021
  • Inaugurated: January 1, 2022
HeadquartersBrooklyn, New York
Key peopleFrank Carrone (senior advisor)
Katie Moore (campaign manager)
Menashe Shapiro (senior advisor)
Evan Thies (communications advisor)
Website
ericadams2021.com

Adams had long been mulling a run for New York mayor,[112] and on November 17, 2020, he announced his candidacy for Mayor of New York City in the 2021 election. He was a top fund-raiser among Democrats in the race, second only to Raymond McGuire in terms of the amount raised.[113]

Adams campaigning in July 2021

Adams ran as a moderate Democrat, and his campaign focused on crime and public safety. He has argued against the defund the police movement and in favor of police reform.[114][115][116] Public health and the economy are cited as his campaign's other top priorities.[117] Initiatives promoted in his campaign include "an expanded local tax credit for low-income families, investment in underperforming schools, and improvements to public housing."[118]

On November 20, 2020, shortly after formally announcing his run for mayor of New York City, Adams attended an indoor fundraiser with 18 people in an Upper West Side restaurant during the COVID-19 pandemic, drawing criticism.[119] Adams held an already scheduled fundraiser the following day in Queens, when a 25-person limit on mass gatherings was in place. Adams's campaign said that there were eight people at the event and that they were required to wear masks and practice social distancing.[120]

While Adams opposed NYPD's "stop and frisk" policy, during his State Senate tenure,[39] he supported it during his 2021 mayoral campaign. In February 2020, Adams stated that "if you have a police department where you’re saying you can’t stop and question, that is not a responsible form of policing..."[121][122] For much of the race, Adams trailed entrepreneur Andrew Yang in public polling.[3] However, Adams's standing in the polls grew stronger in May, and he emerged as the frontrunner in the final weeks of the election.[123] In the months leading up to the election, crime rose in New York, which benefited Adams, a former police officer, who ran as a tough on crime candidate.[124]

On July 6, Adams completed a come-from-behind victory and was declared the winner of the Democratic primary, ahead of Kathryn Garcia and Maya Wiley.[125]

Following his primary victory, Adams hosted a series of political fundraisers in The Hamptons and Martha’s Vineyard and vacationed in Monte Carlo, which critics contended contradicted his message of being a "blue-collar" mayor.[11]

Adams faced Republican Curtis Sliwa in the general election and was heavily favored to prevail. He was elected on November 2, 2021, winning 67.4% of the vote to Sliwa's 27.9%. He will take office shortly after the Times Square Ball Drop at Midnight in Times Square becoming the city's second mayor of color to hold that position and the first since David Dinkins left office in 1993.[126][127]

Endorsements

Adams received support in the primary from New York elected officials including US Representatives Thomas Suozzi, Adriano Espaillat and Sean Patrick Maloney, as well as fellow Borough Presidents Rubén Díaz Jr. from The Bronx and Donovan Richards from Queens, along with a number of city and state legislators.[128] Adams also received endorsements from labor union locals, including the Uniformed Fire Officers Association,[129] District Council 37,[130] and Service Employees International Union, Local 32BJ.[128]

Various local media outlets endorsed Adams, including El Especialito, The Irish Echo, The Jewish Press, New York Post, Our Time Press, and the Queens Chronicle. He was ranked as the second choice in the Democratic primary by the New York Daily News behind Kathryn Garcia.[128]

Residency questions

In January 2021, the Daily News reported that Adams failed to register his Bedford-Stuyvesant property with the Department of Housing Preservation and Development, which is a requirement for a landlord of a rental property.[131][132] In April 2021, Politico reported that no rental income was declared in Adams's tax filings, though it had been declared to New York City's Conflicts of Interest Board. Adams's spokesperson said that his accountant would amend the relevant tax filings.[133] In June 2021, Politico reported an address in the Prospect Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn had been used in official records as Adams's residence and was listed for a political donation. Adams said he hadn't lived at the residence in nearly ten years. It was also reported that Adams's voter registration was associated with a unit of his Bedford-Stuyvesant home allegedly occupied by a tenant renting from him; however, this was disputed by Adams's campaign.[134] The day following these reports, Adams gave reporters a tour of the property in Bedford-Stuyvesant, which did not fully convince some critics that he lived there.[131]

Later in June 2021, Adams stated that he gave away his ownership stake in a Prospect Heights co-op apartment in 2007 to a friend who had co-owned the apartment with him. He provided no proof that he filed the required gift tax report.[135] Adams's campaign claimed this was his residence until at least 2013 but not that he maintained any ownership until that time. However, The New York Times reported that records it obtained suggested he was still listed as an owner.[136] Adams had not disclosed this alleged property ownership on financial disclosure forms while an elected official as a state senator or borough president and may have lived there until 2017 without reporting it.[137]

A report by The City, published in September 2021, found "serious irregularities" relating to his Bedford-Stuyvesant property. Adams' personal tax returns says he lived zero days, which directly contradicts his claims that he lives on the ground floor of the property.

Adams and his partner, Tracey Collins, own a co-op in Bergen County, New Jersey in Fort Lee, New Jersey near the George Washington Bridge, where some critics allege he actually resides.[134]

Mayor of New York City

Mayoral transition

Adams, as Mayor-elect, at a Chabad House in Accra, Ghana

In August 2021, Adams named Sheena Wright, CEO of United Way of New York City as chair of his transition team. In November, Adams named nine additional co-chairs, including CUNY Chancellor Félix Matos Rodríguez, SEIU 32BJ President Kyle Bragg, Goldman Sachs CFO Stephen Scherr, YMCA of Greater New York President and CEO Sharon Greenberger, Infor CEO Charles Phillips, and Ford Foundation President Darren Walker.[138]

After getting elected, Adams reconfirmed his pledge to reinstate a plainclothes police unit that deals with gun violence. Some Black Lives Matter denounced the effort, but Adams accused activists of "grandstanding".[139][140]

On November 4, 2021, Adams tweeted that he planned to take his first three paychecks as Mayor in bitcoin and that New York City would be "the center of the cryptocurrency industry and other fast-growing, innovative industries".[141]

Adams announced he would bring back the "gifted and talented" school program, improve relations with New York State, review property taxes, and reduce agency budgets by 3% to 5%.[142]

On December 2, 2021, Adams took a trip to Ghana where he visited the Elmina Castle.[143][144]

Personal life

Adams has never been married, but has a son, Jordan Coleman,[2] with former girlfriend Chrisena Coleman.[8][145] His son is a graduate of American University and is a filmmaker and television actor.[24] Adams is currently in a relationship with Tracey Collins, the Senior Youth Development Director for the New York City Department of Education.[11]

Plant-based diet

In 2016, Adams became a vegan after his diagnosis of type 2 diabetes. Adams researched alternatives to lifelong insulin injections and sought opinions of physicians including Dr. Caldwell B. Esselstyn Jr. of the Cleveland Clinic.[146][147] Adams made lifestyle changes rather than pursuing traditional treatments for diabetes. He switched to a whole food plant-based diet, removing animal products, processed sugar, salt, oil and processed starches. He also began exercising regularly, including using an exercise bike and treadmill in his office. Within six months, he lost 30 pounds, reversed his diabetes, and reduced his blood pressure and cholesterol levels.[148] He has stated that he wants to encourage others to switch to a healthier diet and that public health spending for diabetes should go towards lifestyle changes rather than treating disease.[149] In October 2020, Adams published Healthy at Last: A Plant-Based Approach to Preventing and Reversing Diabetes and Other Chronic Illnesses, a book about his health journey that advocates for healthier lifestyles.[150] He is also a contributor to the 2021 anthology Brotha Vegan: Black Men Speak on Food, Identity, Health, and Society.[151]

Bibliography

  • Adams, Eric (2020). Healthy at Last: A Plant-Based Approach to Preventing and Reversing Diabetes and Other Chronic Illnesses. Hay House. p. 224. ISBN 978-1401960568.[150]

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