Eric Adams - Wikipedia
WEBEric 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.
Eric Adams’s Win Is a ‘Watershed Moment’ for Black Leaders in New York …
WEBJul 13, 2021 · A cascade of victories for Black candidates in the New York City Democratic primaries — highlighted by Eric Adams’s win in the mayoral race — is redefining the flow of political power in...
Eric Adams elected as New York City’s second Black mayor, CNN …
WEBNov 2, 2021 · Democrat Eric Adams has been elected the 110th mayor of New York City, CNN projects, defeating Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa. Adams, a retired New York Police Department captain who...
Eric Adams is elected as New York City's second Black mayor
WEBNov 3, 2021 · New Yorkers chose Democrat Eric Adams, a former New York Police Department captain, to become the city's second Black Mayor in a landslide election that offered little surprise given that...
Eric Adams Is Elected Mayor of New York City
WEBNov 2, 2021 · Eric Adams, a former police officer and Brooklyn borough president, will be the city’s second Black mayor. He will take office on Jan. 1. James Estrin/The New York Times. By Katie Glueck....
The rise of New York's Black political wave
WEBFeb 13, 2023 · Although the Black population of New York was no longer growing, Black voters in central Brooklyn and Queens had become a pivotal, high-turnout segment of the Democratic electorate.
Eric Adams Would Be N.Y.C.'s 2nd Black Mayor - The New York Times
WEBNov 2, 2021 · New York has had 109 mayors; Eric Adams, who won Tuesday’s election, will be only the second Black man to take the city’s helm.
Adams, Bragg win NYC election amid historic Black leadership
WEBNov 5, 2021 · Adam Clayton Powell Jr. became the first African American to represent New York in Congress in 1945. Shirley Chisholm became the first Black woman elected to Congress from any state in 1969.
From Dinkins to Adams: What progressives see in New York’s 2nd Black …
WEBNov 4, 2021 · In the June Democratic primary, Adams won over Black, Latino and low-income voters from New York City’s neighborhoods outside of Manhattan, defeating progressive darling Maya Wiley, a civil...
Black New York politicians gain political momentum and power
WEBJan 30, 2022 · Rising Black leaders have frequently been followed by white backlash. After one term in office, New York City’s first Black mayor, David Dinkins, was unseated by Rudy Giuliani.
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