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Eric Adams

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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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Jul 28, 2025

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

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Jul 28, 2025

Housing is what’s needed, and this this project will rebuild and will bring energy and housing to College Point.

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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.

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Jul 27, 2025

This is his history, and he’s using the same playbook in my mayoralty.

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Jul 27, 2025

Listen, he comes from a popular name. His dad was a great governor. His dad stood for three terms and did a great job. In the midst of his obligations to the state, he stepped down.

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Jul 27, 2025

Personal strife should not cause you to leave office. During my personal strife, I stepped up. I continued to deliver for the city.

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Jul 25, 2025

We support the essence of the local laws put in place by the City Council — but I have also been clear that they go too far when it comes to dealing with those violent criminals on our streets and have urged the Council to reexamine them…

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Jul 25, 2025

ACC’s work to ensure no animal is left behind is essential to protecting animals across New York City, and our administration is proud to invest $1 million in additional funding to support the work ACC does and boost their capacity to…

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Jul 24, 2025

The state cell phone ban was the first step in putting our kids back on track to learn and thrive in safe, nurturing environments, and this new cell phone policy is the next step in ensuring students are given the best shot to succeed in…

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Jul 23, 2025

We have to stop classifying ICE as an illegal operation. They’re not. They are a federal governmental law enforcement entity, and we will coordinate with them when we go after illegal, dangerous people, and we have done that.

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Jul 23, 2025

We’re now down to less than 100 migrant asylum seekers coming into our city a week, and that’s due to this securing of the border.

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Jul 23, 2025

If the cost of running a building is higher than the rent roll of the building, then you’re going to see eventually lack of repairs, lack of quality of life, and again, that is going to hurt low-income New Yorkers.

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Jul 23, 2025

If he empties out Rikers Island, those dangerous people are going to go back into the communities that they inflicted violence in in the first place, and they’re largely black and brown communities.

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Jul 23, 2025

I think it should be relegated to certain areas that you could smoke marijuana, not throughout the entire street, because you do smell it everywhere.

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Jul 23, 2025

Seven billion of that went to the crisis. That just was not sustainable. I tried my best to explain to DC over and over again and they just didn’t hear it.

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Jul 23, 2025

The Trump administration secured the border, and because of that, you’re not seeing the thousands of people coming in, and it has been a real relief for our city.

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Jul 23, 2025

When I look at the candidates that are in the race, one has no record.

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Jul 23, 2025

This was an unbelievable achievement that the team was able to accomplish, and I really am pleased by the leaders of this administration who did it.

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Jul 23, 2025

The other is running away from his records.

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Jul 23, 2025

Governor Hochul and I sat down and spoke with the president and shared with him that his people are not giving him real information, that the flow had to stop and it just never did.

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Jul 23, 2025

I truly believe the worst thing you can do as New Yorkers are struggling is to make broken promises.

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Jul 23, 2025

Drones are the future of public safety, and under Deputy Mayor Daughtry’s leadership, New York City’s first-ever Drone Operations Committee will take this technology to the next level.

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Jul 23, 2025

But it costs $3 billion and mayors don’t have the ability to raise income taxes.

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Jul 22, 2025

Now children from working class families will have a spot in after school programs where they can learn and, most importantly, where they can thrive.

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Jul 21, 2025

I’m very clear, always have been clear – stop the revolving door system. Go after the dangerous migrants and asylum seekers who are here.

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