Once a Rising Star, Democratic New York Mayor Eric Adams is Rocked by Scandals
Once a major rising star in the Democratic Party, including being considered for a possible run for the White House, New York Mayor Eric Adams has fallen from grace, having been plagued by several scandals.
Over the past years or so, Adams, a former NYC Top Cop, has been gripped by a slew of scandals, including a sexual assault allegation and claims of corruption — threatening to derail his ambitions and open the door to challengers. The city’s second Black Mayor is now fighting for his political life.
In one incident, FBI and local prosecutors are investigating whether a New York construction firm, alleged to have ties to the Turkish government, used fronts to donate money to Adams’s mayoral election campaign that saw him take office in 2022.
Even before all of the scandals, Adams’s political future was headed for the dumpster. The Mayor’s standing in the polls has plummeted as he has sought budget cuts, including closing libraries on Sundays, which he blames on the influx of migrants to the city.
New York is also facing a cost-of-living crisis, with prices for food, entertainment, and accommodation in the city that never sleeps soaring to unprecedented levels.
Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, no stranger to scandals himself, has suggested that he could run for Mayor if Adams is overwhelmed by scandal. But what constitutes “overwhelmed by scandal” in the disgraced Democratic Governor’s mind is hard to assess since Cuomo himself has sexually harassed 13 current and former state staffers, according to a Department of Justice settlement document.
On top of the alleged scandals, the influx of migrants into NYC is at the heart of Adams’ dropping popularity. Local resources have been stretched to the breaking point despite a handful of measures intended to stem the migrant flow.
At the same time, a policy to evict migrants with children from city shelters after 60 days sparked outrage from campaigners.
Columbia University politics professor Robert Shapiro said that “while it may be an opportunity for Adams to show his mettle in standing up to the Texas governor and others, without state and federal financial and other support, this issue may take a big toll on Adams politically.”
“This issue and corruption on the campaign funding front may do him in,” he told the AP.
“Once a major rising star in the Democratic Party, including being considered for a possible run for the White House,” to which I say that I guess I was not on the survey because he sure seemed to be an archetype example of the Peter Principle. Great in previous positions, not so much as Mayor of America’s biggest city. In May of 22, the Post reported he was thinking Presidential, but I am sure that piece of bait did not get a nibble. He can’t even run NY, his platforn is old school without much innovation or creativity, and now he’s holding on by his fingers.
Not being rude, but this guy is a street fighter so great at previous postions, but the next level, like NYC mayor is too much spotlight on the tiny fractures not seen or cared about in lower positons.
Team Biden could be fueling some of this too; Adam’s tiff with Joe over the TX migration has made for some bad blood. Right idea Eric, poorly implemented. You don’t go after Joe in the news and expect a overzealous helping hand.
NEW YORK MAYOR ERIC ADAMS ……..WHAT A LOSER………WHAT WOULD YOU EXPECT FROM A BLACK…! ! ! IT IS THE CASE – EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK…..FAILURES, LIARS, CORRUPTNESS, LOOK AT FANI WILLIS AND JAMES THERE ARE TWO BLACK WOMEN, WHO ARE PATHETIC……ANOTHER GOOD ONE – STACEY ABRAMS, STEALING CAMPAIGN MONEY……AND….THE LIST JUST GOES ON AND ON ……. LIGHTFOOT OF CHICAGO – SHE WAS A REAL LOSER….. THEN I CAN JUST CONTINUE WITH THE MOST MISERABLE WOMEN…. AOC, OMAR, HILLARY, PELOSI, M.WATERS, PRESLEY, C.BUSH, ….IT IS JUST UNBELIEVABLE. ! ! ! ! ACTUALLY – IT IS SICKENING. !!!! AND – THEY WONDER WHY OUR COUNTRY IS GOING TO HELL….JUST LOOK AT THAT LIST OF PEOPLE……IT SAYS IT ALL..! ! ! !
YOU ARE SICK AND I AM TIRED OF YOU.
YOU HATE BLACKS, NOT TOO FOND OF WOMEN EITHER.
YOU SORRY SACK OF SHIT PROBABLY WOULD BE EVEN MORE FRUSTRATED WITH THE RESULTS OF YOUR POOR CHOICES IF YOU WERE A BLACK WOMAN. YOU HAD EVERY EDGE AND STILL BLEW IT.
What’s not to hate? Women and blacks? They don’t qualify
Corruption in NYC is not news. It’s business as usual. If there were no corruption in NYC, that would be news.