Eric Adams actually said...

New York City is also the greatest democracy of the globe and part of our great democracy is the ability to peacefully protest.

Dylan Lopez Contreras was going through the exact legal proceeding that we encourage new arrivals to go through in order to be able to work ...

But instead of being rewarded for following the law, he was punished for doing what we all asked him to do.

He was a great New Yorker and American. Rest in peace, my friend.