Here are five takeaways from the Magazine’s profile of New York City’s mayor. Mayor Eric Adams won his office four years ago pledging to deliver New Yorkers from chaos and calamity — a former lawman entrusted to tame a proudly unruly city. It hasn’t happened that way.
He promised law and order. Instead, his scandal-ridden mayoralty became a symbol — and engine — of the city’s chaos.
City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams became the ninth candidate attempting to unseat Mayor Eric Adams in the upcoming June primary – and the fourth from Queens.
The face-off between the two former classmates at Bayside High School, Eric Adams and Adrienne Adams, barely registered among graduating seniors.
The New York City Council speaker, who officially launched her mayoral campaign on Saturday, would be the first woman of color to lead City Hall.
Her decision stands to shake up the race as her traditional base of support overlaps with that of the two scandal-scarred executives headlining the contest: Mayor Adams and former
Our city deserves a leader that serves its people first and always, not someone focused on themselves and their own political interests.”
More than half of New York City voters surveyed in a Quinnipiac University poll said that Mayor Eric Adams should resign.