[[File:Eric Adams Assata Shakur.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Adams swears in police commissioner in front of a mural featuring convicted cop-killer [[Assata Shakur]].]]
'''Eric Leroy Adams''' was elected mayor of [[New York City]] as a [[Democrat]]. The last [[Republican]] elected mayor of New York in response to a Democrat mega-[[crime]] wave was in 1994.
'''Eric Leroy Adams''' was elected mayor of [[New York City]] as a [[Democrat]]. The last [[Republican]] elected mayor of New York in response to a Democrat mega-[[crime]] wave was in 1994.
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Adams is a retired police captain and Brooklyn borough president. In the 2021 New York City Democrat mayoral primary, Adams dismissed calls to [[defund the police]].<ref>https://nationworldnews.com/progressives-urgent-question-how-to-win-over-voters-of-color/</ref>
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Adams is a retired police captain and Brooklyn borough president. In the 2021 New York City Democrat mayoral primary, Adams allegeldy dismissed calls to [[defund the police]].<ref>https://nationworldnews.com/progressives-urgent-question-how-to-win-over-voters-of-color/</ref>