Eric Adams Archives – Politics NY

Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaking into microphone

Politics

Mamdani vetoes one protest buffer zone bill, ‘allows’ another to become law

By Robert Pozarycki & Adam Daly

Election

Adams Broadens Mayoral Appeal With Suozzi Endorsement

By Stephen Witt

City Council Members question officials with Mayor's Office to Combat Antisemitism

Politics

City Council presses Mayor’s Antisemitism Office over definition, access and strategy

By Adam Daly

Former Mayor Eric Adams

Courts

Adams says Mamdani admin shouldn’t have moved to drop him in sexual assault case, demands city pay for new private attorney

By Isabella Gallo

Eric Adams Albania

Politics

Former Mayor Eric Adams is now a citizen of Albania

By Adam Daly

MAMDANI’S FIRST 100 DAYS: Transportation stakeholders give Mamdani high marks on streets agenda, but more work to be done on buses

By Ethan Stark-Miller

Politics

City moves to end legal defense of Adams in sexual assault suit

By Isabella Gallo

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Mamdani’s DOT blames Adams for falling short of Streets Plan targets for bus and bike lane construction

By Ethan Stark-Miller

Mamdani first 50 days

Brooklyn

Affordability, integrity and the American Dream: Brooklynites react to Mamdani’s first 50 days in office

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Politics

Mamdani co-signs comeback of nonprofit property COPA bill vetoed by Adams

By Isabella Gallo

Uber and Lyft drivers rally in support of bill banning unfair deactivations

Politics

Uber, Lyft drivers celebrate as City Council overrides Adams’ veto of ‘unfair deactivations’ ban bill

By Ethan Stark-Miller

Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaking with sanitation workers

Politics

MAMDANI’S FIRST 100 DAYS: Mayor’s latest executive order requires agencies to designate ‘Chief Savings Officers’ to eliminate waste

By Shea Vance

City Council Julie Menin press conference on overridding vetoes.

Politics

The Council strikes back: 17 Adams-era vetoes overridden in historic legislative sweep

By Adam Daly

Majority Leader Amanda Farias celebrated passing the 'City of Yes for Housing Opportunity' zoning amendment.

Housing & Homelessness

Opinion | In a housing crisis, New Yorkers deserve clear Co-op application rules

By New York City Council Member Amanda Farías

Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaking about city budget deficit

Politics

MAMDANI’S FIRST 100 DAYS: With NYC facing $12B budget hole, mayor blames Adams for mismanaging city’s finances

By Adam Daly

Mayor Eric Adams.

Politics

Former Mayor Eric Adams blasts ‘unsupported’ reports of NYC Token cryptocurrency scheme

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

Anthony Herbert, former Adams administration official, leaves federal court in Manhattan after pleading not guilty to bribery, kickback, and fraud charges, Jan. 13, 2026

Ex-Adams official Anthony Herbert pleads not guilty to bribery, city contract and funeral fraud charges

By Adam Daly

City Council Julie Menin and Mayor Zohran Mamdani before a press conference in Red Hook. Brooklyn on Monday, January 12.

Politics

MAMDANI’S FIRST 100 DAYS: Mayor appoints former council member to lead media office, withdraws Adams’ ‘hostile’ press credential rules

By Adam Daly

mamdani on mcguinness boulevard

Brooklyn

Mamdani says city will finish full redesign of McGuinness Boulevard ‘as soon as the weather warms’

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Politics

Meet Mike Flynn, Mayor Mamdani’s newly minted Transportation Department head

By Ethan Stark-Miller

Street Vendors gather at City Hall to celebrate passage of the Street Vendor Reform Package. Photo courtesy of Street Vendor Project.

Queens

Street vendors criticize Adams for 11th-hour veto of Street Vendor Reform Package

By Shane O’Brien

Mayor Eric Adams speaking in front of sign listing items banned from Times Square

Politics

Last acts: Outgoing Mayor Adams vetoes 19 bills protecting street vendors, workers, and affordable housing

By Isabella Gallo

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Brooklyn

Just Home supportive housing project not moving to Brooklyn — at least not yet

By Emily Swanson

protestors at Barnard College

Politics

Anti-mask legislation highlighted in city’s first-annual report from the Office to Combat Antisemitism

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

Mayor Adams speaks about seizure of illegal guns

Mayor Adams touts 25,000 illegal guns seized from NYC streets as his tenure draws to a close

By Dean Moses

More from Around New York

Mayor Zohran Mamdani, U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres, NYPL, and HPD celebrate the additional funding for broadband expansion at St. John’s House II, an affordable housing development near Melrose Library where Neighborhood Internet was recently installed.

EXCLUSIVE: Mayor Mamdani and Rep. Ritchie Torres announce $2M to expand high-speed internet in The Bronx and Upper Manhattan

PrEP4ALL has sued several federal agencies seeking copies of an agreement they entered into with Gilead in early 2025.

PrEP4All sues federal government over 2025 HIV prevention research agreement

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Victoria’s Secrets: Bragging rights deserved

NY: Former Homeless Encampment – Sheepshead Bay

‘Not a way to live’: Vernikov calls for policy overhaul after Sheepshead Bay encampment cleared