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Eric Adams, an African-American with a twenty-two-year career in the police force, is leading the election that is expected to name the next mayor of New York.
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The post of mayor of New York City has a reputation for being one of the toughest in the United States, just after that of President. Who will be the next one? The vote for the democratic municipal primary, from which the next mayor will emerge, is over, but the outcome of the ballot is uncertain.
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Former African-American policeman Eric Adams currently looks set to win. He is in the lead at the end of the first recounts, with 30.9% of the vote, in front of the progressive candidate Maya Wiley (21,6%).
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Eric Adams is the current Brooklyn Ward President. His profile appeals to New Yorkers, especially worried about their safety. Shootings up 73% since the start of the year and a series of incidents in the metro have increased the pressure.
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Racial insecurity and tensions
Born and raised in New York City, Police Officer Adams fought, during his 22-year career, discriminations that undermine the police. Violence and racial tensions are not the only evils plaguing the city.
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New York, which deplores more than 33,000 deaths from the covid, has seen tens of thousands of well-off residents flee and tourists have disappeared.
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The economic capital of the United States has recorded more than 33,000 deaths from covid, thousands of stores have closed, and tens of thousands of wealthy residents have fled. Tourists left, Wall Street and Midtown were deserted, and unemployment and homelessness skyrocketed. The task of the next mayor promises to be difficult.
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