Episode 2704
Eric Adams
Fri, 2024-Sep-27 01:59 UTC
Length - 2:52
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With 367,273 views on Thursday, 26 September 2024 our article of the day is Eric Adams.
Eric Leroy Adams (born September 1, 1960) is an American politician and former police officer currently serving as the 110th mayor of New York City since 2022. Adams was an officer in the New York City Transit Police and then the New York City Police Department (NYPD) for more than 20 years, retiring at the rank of captain. He served in the New York State Senate from 2006 to 2013, representing the 20th Senate district in Brooklyn. In November 2013, Adams was elected Brooklyn Borough President, the first African-American to hold the position, and reelected in November 2017.
Adams was elected mayor of New York City in the city's 2021 mayoral election. He received the Democratic Party's nomination after narrowly winning a crowded Democratic mayoral primary which used instant-runoff voting (ranked-choice voting). In the general election, Adams won a landslide victory over Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa. Adams was sworn in as mayor shortly after midnight on January 1, 2022. As mayor, he has taken what is seen as a tough-on-crime approach and reintroduced a plain-clothed unit of police officers that had been disbanded by the previous administration. He has also implemented, alongside increased police presence, a zero-tolerance policy on homeless people sleeping in subway cars.
In September 2024, a series of criminal investigations into Adams's administration emerged. On September 25, Adams was indicted on federal charges of bribery, fraud, and soliciting illegal foreign campaign donations, following a federal corruption investigation. He is the first mayor in New York City history to be charged with crimes while in office.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:59 UTC on Friday, 27 September 2024.
For the full current version of the article, see Eric Adams on Wikipedia.
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