Who is New York City Mayor Eric Adams?
ERIC ADAMS is New York City's newest mayor.
Adams was officially sworn in just after midnight on January 1, 2022, at the Times Square celebration in New York City.
Who is Eric Adams?
Adams, 61, is a retired police officer, politician, and author who became the mayor of New York City in 2022.
Since 2014, he has been the 18th Brooklyn Borough President.
A 1984 graduate of the New York City Police Academy, Adams received his Master's degree in public administration from Marist College.
Adams served as a NYC officer for 22 years before getting into politics.
According to his website, when he was just 15 years old, Adams was beaten by police officers in a precinct basement. He made the decision to join the academy in an effort to spark change.
Since joining the police force, he founded 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care, an advocacy group that focuses on fighting injustices between Black members of the community and the NYC Police Department.
Adams is one of six children and was raised in Jamaica, Queens, by a single mother.
When was Eric Adams sworn in as mayor?
On January 1, 2022, Eric Adams was sworn in as mayor in Times Square during the New Year's Eve celebrations.
Following the ball drop at midnight, Adams took his oath as the new mayor of New York City.
After getting to work on Saturday morning, Adams spoke about how he plans to deal with the ongoing surge in Covid-19 cases.
"I want an analysis of the number of our sick count. I'm going to meet with the top staff members, I want to see immediately where we are around COVID and DOC, NYPD, and DOE," Adams said, according to .
"And I want to make sure that we have a real plan in place for Monday for testing for analysis of the number of students that we believe will appear in school and just get that real plan together for Monday because schools will be open."
He also spoke about how he wishes for the citizens of New York to view him as one of their own.
"I'm looking forward to showing New Yorkers that I'm one of them. I take the train, I'm going to put in long hours, no one in this city is going to outwork me, they trusted me," he said.
"As I move around this city I'm seeing the energy from New Yorkers. You know, there's a new hope that I'm seeing that's just amazing, there's a feeling of, 'You know, Eric, we're going to give you the support you need,' and you know, you saw the excitement that we now have someone who has gone through a lot who is now going to help people who are going through a lot."
What are Eric Adams' policies?
Adam's mayoral campaign was centered on crime and public safety.
According to his campaign website, his governmental policies include:
A More Efficient City
- Closing the budget gap without affecting public services
- Instituting real-time governing
- Finding and eliminating waste
- Building a digital platform, MyCity, for New Yorkers to access all City services
- Creating a Recovery Score to track progress with analytics
- Coordinate a real-time delivery service under his First Deputy Mayor
A More Equal City
- Connecting the poor to desperately needed services in low-income neighborhoods
- Using his leverage as a cline and his spending to create a fairer economy
- Allowing tax-paying legal immigrants to vote in municipal elections
Lower Crime Through Precision Public Safety
- Reinventing the anti-crime unit as an anti-gun unit, using cops with the skills and temperament to balance community relations and catch the bad guys
- Shifting detectives and other officers from low-crime areas to crime hot-spots when surges occur
- Strengthening handgun laws so that New York City residents are not put at risk by lax laws in other counties and municipalities
True Police Reform Through Diversity and Transparency
- Adding Black and Brown officers who will respect and protect New Yorkers
- Appointing the city’s first woman police commissioner
- Making it easier for good cops to identify bad cops–and publicizing the list of cops being monitored for bad behavior
- Empowering communities to have a say in their precinct leadership
Is Eric Adams married?
Along with being the mayor of New York City, Adams is also a husband and father.
Adams is married to Tracey Collins, and is a father to one son: Jordan Coleman.
In June of 2021, Mayor Adams opened up about his private life and said that he prefers to keep it that way.
“Throughout my entire police career, none of my colleagues knew I had a son. I wanted to shield him from the reality of what I was doing. I became very private,” he said.
“My secrecy is my family. I signed up for this life. They did not sign up for this life.”
His son Jordan is currently an American actor and director.
He is best known for voicing Tyrone in seasons two and three of The Backyardigans.
Jordan also starred in Payin' the Price back in 2011.
Is Eric Adams vegan?
On June 1, 2021, Adams opened up to the New York Post about how becoming a vegan saved his life.
In 2016, Adams started a vegan diet after temporally losing his vision to Type 2 diabetes.
Adams was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes after years of eating junk food which led to weight gain, his vision loss, and other symptoms.
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"I had permanent nerve damage in my hands and feet that the doctors stated would lead to amputation,” Adams told the New York Post. “I [also] had high blood pressure and high cholesterol.”
After searching on Google about reversing the diabetes, he then found a doctor in Ohio who advised him to change his diet and three weeks after becoming a vegan, he regained his vision and after three months, the nerve damage disappeared.
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He told the New York Post that he has lost 35 pounds since his transition, and also lowered his cholesterol by 30 points.
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