The New York City Mayor once again avoids a thorny issue that another New York City longtime resident and taxpayer brought up.
This time, it was a public spectacle. For all to see, as fellow citizens, badges of mourning shrouded the columns and the arches of this NYC hall. Did Adams shoot his word wad and thereby lose his chance of being re-elected?
Mayor Compares Housing Activist, Whose Family Fled Holocaust, to Plantation Owner. Eric Adams told Jeanie Dubnau to “treat me with the same level of respect I treat you” and compared her to a plantation owner when she pointedly asked about back-to-back rent hikes. Mayor Eric Adams criticized the woman, whose family left Germany in the 1930s after she questioned him about back-to-back rent increases. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/29/nyregion/nyc-eric-adams-plantation-o…
New York mayor accuses white woman of treating him like he is on a plantation’ she owns. Democrat Eric Adams rails against an old lady who pointed at him while asking a question about rent increases https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/06/29/eric-adams-new-york-m…
N.J. professor glad exchange went viral in which NYC mayor called her a plantation owner
https://www.nj.com/education/2023/07/nj-professor-glad-exchange-went-vi…
Mayor Adams evokes race in a heated exchange at town hall: Don’t be disrespectful to me https://pix11.com/news/local-news/mayor-adams-evokes-race-in-heated-exc…
Longtime Uptown Tenants Advocate Spars With Mayor: 'Defending Tenants' "Don't stand in front like you're treating someone on a plantation that you own," Adams told Jeanie Dubnau at an uptown event on Wednesday. https://patch.com/new-york/washington-heights-inwood/longtime-uptown-te…
Eric Adams Dragged A White Woman At A City Meeting, Compared Her To A Plantation Owner
NYC mayor compared 84-year-old Holocaust survivor to a ‘plantation’-owner
Early in his term, Adams quickly erected a tent city near Orchard Beach and then dismantled it. When I inquired about the costs and how they quickly chose the contractor and who it was, my freedom of information request did not provide the answers to my questions. https://cimages.me/content/Orchard-Beach-Tent-City
Has Adams' political life ended? As one individual noted " You're working for the people; they're your boss. This is not a private company where the people are your employees. You're the one who must be respectful toward the people; you're a public servant."