(L-R) New York City Council Members Adrienne Adams, Ydanis Rodriguez, Brad Lander and Speaker and Acting Public Advocate Corey Johnson at a news conference. – New York NY/USA-February 13, 2019 (Shutterstock) By Samar Khurshid, Gotham Gazette City Council Member Adrienne Adams, a Democrat from Southeastern Queens, is poised to become the next Speaker of the […]
Photo Credit: Erica Krodman Today, Mayor-elect Adams appointed Chief Louis L. Molina as the next Commissioner of the New York City Department of Corrections. Chief Molina will be the first Latino to lead the department in its 126-year history. A Bronx native who currently serves as Chief of the Las Vegas Department of Public Safety, […]
By Rob Frehse, Kristina Sgueglia and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) – New York City will get its first female police commissioner in the new year after Mayor-elect Eric Adams picked Nassau County Chief of Detectives Keechant Sewell to take over the nation’s largest police department. “Keechant Sewell is a proven crime fighter with the experience […]
Mr. Banks, who founded the Eagle Academy, a network of public schools for boys, is the first commissioner named to Mayor-elect Eric Adams’s administration.
On Veterans Day Mayor-elect Eric Adams and U. S. Senator Charles Schumer visit Veterans Affairs New York Harbor Healthcare System. (Shutterstock) By Eliza Shapiro, NY Times David C. Banks, a longtime New York City educator who rose to prominence after creating a network of public all-boys schools, has been chosen by Mayor-elect Eric Adams to […]
Mayor-elect Eric Adams stops for lunch to try vegan sandwich by Plantega at Marinello’s Gourmet Deli in Brooklyn. – New York, NY – November 3, 2021 (Shutterstock) New York, NY — Mayor-elect Eric Adams’s transition team today announced it has raised more than $1 million in a little more than a month to help prepare […]
New York City’s Mayor-elect has identified more than 700 people who will serve on his mayoral transition committees, and that’s just a start.
New York City council member Ydanis Rodriguez speaks at a press conference on gun violence in Times Square on May 9, 2021 in New York City. (Shutterstock) By Jeff Coltin, City & State NY New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams published the names of the members of his various mayoral transition committees Friday afternoon. It’s […]
On Veterans Day Mayor-elect Eric Adams and U.S. Senator Charles Schumer visit Veterans Affairs New York Harbor Healthcare System. – New York, NY – November 11, 2021 (Shutterstock) By Samar Khurshid, Gotham Gazette Mayor-elect Eric Adams’ victory came with a hefty price tag. Over the course of the campaign, he raised just over $19.1 million, […]
Mayoral candidate Eric Adams and Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. at rally for Adams with Latino leaders at Grand Slam Banquet Hall. – New York, NY – October 13, 2021 (Shutterstock) By City and State NY Every year at the SOMOS conference, leaders from across New York come together to exchange ideas about the […]
By Julia Marsh and Nolan Hicks, NY Post It pays to be married to the boss. Eric Adams’ mayoral campaign overpaid a campaign consultant who did little work — because he is the powerful Brooklyn Democratic Party leader’s husband, multiple sources claimed to The Post. Edu Hermelyn, husband of Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, the Kings […]
Eric Adams Democratic Party mayoral candidate greets supporters outside of NBC Studios before general election debates. – New York, NY – October 20, 2021 (Shutterstock) By Victoria Falk, Special to CAW Victorious! Democratic candidate, Eric Adams, won the New York City 2021 mayoral race. When Adams gets sworn into office as the next Mayor of […]