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Eric Adams

The Public Record

Eric Adams is the current Mayor of New York City, having taken office on January 1, 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, Adams previously served as the Brooklyn Borough President from 2014 to 2021. He is known for his focus on public safety, economic recovery, and social equity initiatives. Adams has emphasized the importance of community support and has launched various public-private partnerships aimed at assisting vulnerable populations in the city, particularly during challenging times.

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Aug 4, 2025

We know that people were not feeling safe. And that is why the commissioner put this quality of life initiative, the Q-team, throughout our entire city.

nypost.com
Jul 31, 2025

As a lifelong public servant, I know first-hand the sacrifices that our city employees make every day to keep our streets safe, teach our children, help families save money, and deliver every day for 8.5 million of their fellow New Yorkers.

nypost.com
Jul 31, 2025

I'm not here as the mayor, I'm here as a parent, as a father.

usatoday.com
Jul 31, 2025

Too many military veterans still struggle with housing insecurity. If you served our country abroad or on a military base, you should be able to find an affordable place to live back home; that is why we are going to make military veterans…

nypost.com
Jul 31, 2025

We must live in the spirit of Officer Islam and what he stood for and what he will always stand for and what he fought for.

usatoday.com
Jul 31, 2025

We want to make sure the public servants who power our city can afford to live in our city, which is why we are going to double the city’s affordable housing preference for our extraordinary city employees.

nypost.com
Jul 30, 2025

We cannot strengthen gun laws through vigils. It must be responded through legislation.

nypost.com
Jul 30, 2025

This senseless act of violence, as the police commissioner and I walked through the building, we saw the blood trails and the videos. And the level of violence … I have not witnessed at that level before.

nypost.com
Jul 30, 2025

It is time to turn the corner of a society where automatic weapons are as easy to get as a cellphone. We need to rethink who we are as a society, that there is a comfortability to carry an illegal weapon of this magnitude.

nypost.com
Jul 30, 2025

He appeared to have blamed the NFL for his injury.

reason.com
Jul 30, 2025

By rejecting the land use application for this casino bid while approving three others in Manhattan, Queens, and Brooklyn, the City Council is putting its finger on the scale — and this is precisely the type of action that leads New…

nypost.com
Jul 30, 2025

The response of our police officers, I believe, saved many lives.

nypost.com
Jul 30, 2025

When you start dismantling the pieces of the law enforcement apparatus that are specifically designed to carry out functions, that is extremely dangerous.

nypost.com
Jul 30, 2025

He was determined to do harm, and in a law enforcement approach, that is something extremely challenging.

nypost.com
Jul 29, 2025

I told them that he was a hero and we admire him for putting his life on the line.

nbcnews.com
Jul 29, 2025

He embodies what this city is all about. He’s a true-blue New Yorker, not only in a uniform he wore, but in his spirit and energy of loving this city.

nbcnews.com
Jul 29, 2025

Officer Didarul Islam died as he lived, a hero and protector of New York City.

nypost.com
Jul 29, 2025

The note alluded to that he felt he had CTE, a known brain injury for those who participate in contact sports. He appeared to have blamed the NFL for his injury.

cbsnews.com
Jul 29, 2025

He was doing what he does best and all members of the police department carry out, he was saving lives.

nypost.com
Jul 29, 2025

He was a hero, and we admire him for putting his life on the line.

usatoday.com
Jul 29, 2025

He's an immigrant from Bangladesh, and he loved this city.

usatoday.com
Jul 29, 2025

Each gun we take off the street is a river of violence that we are damming.

reason.com
Jul 29, 2025

He loved this city, and everyone we spoke with stated he was a person of faith and a person that believed in God and believed in living out the life of a godly person. He embodies what the city is all about.

breitbart.com
Jul 28, 2025

In so many ways, our pets care for us and our loved ones, and it’s important that we care for them, too.

nbcnews.com

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