Mayor
Interview: Mayor Adams on East Village migrant crisis, Washington Square drug scene, e-bikes, outdoor dining, closing Rikers Island
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | We asked. The mayor answered. The Village Sun recently had a virtual interview with Mayor Adams as part of his ongoing series of weekly Q&A’s with different members of the city’s ethnic and community media. The Zoom lasted around 25 minutes, during which we were able to ask a handful […]
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Mayor
“The Job Is Not Hard”: An Ever-Confident Eric Adams Speaks to His First Year as New York City Mayor
Eric Adams won the 2021 Democratic primary for mayor of New York City—and, because this is a one-party town, he essentially won the general election too—by a mere 0.8% over Kathryn Garcia. But Adams, in his first year in office, has carried himself with the confidence of a man who won by a landslide. That’s all […]
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