Wednesday, November 03, 2021
Ex-cop wins clearly
Adams becomes the new Mayor of New York
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The ex-police officer becomes mayor of New York: According to initial forecasts, the Democrat Eric Adams will lead the US metropolis in the coming years. As expected, he clearly prevails against the Republican opponent Curtis Sliwa. Adams himself has big plans for his tenure.
The Democrat Eric Adams becomes 110th Mayor of the US metropolis New York City. The 61-year-old former district mayor of Brooklyn prevailed in the vote in the city of eight million on Tuesday against his Republican opponent Curtis Sliwa, as the news agency AP and the broadcaster CNN reported. At first, unofficial figures from the electoral body saw Adams ahead with about 67 to 27 percent. As of January, he will be the second black head of New York City and successor to the rather unpopular Bill de Blasio, who was no longer allowed to run after two terms in office.
In his victory speech, Adams conjured cohesion among the New Yorkers, who have recently suffered: “We are so divided right now. And we are losing the beauty of our diversity,” he said. It doesn’t matter whether you come from neighborhoods in Manhattan, Queens or Brooklyn or where you go to pray. “Today we take off the jersey of our neighborhoods and we put on a jersey: Team New York!”
Adams was considered a moderate candidate who wants to lead the highest office with a course between left and centrist forces. In addition to the economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – which killed more than 30,000 New Yorkers – one of Adam’s toughest tasks is likely to be dealing with the police properly. During the election campaign, he had promised a balance between his rather friendly position towards the often criticized emergency services and justice, especially for blacks in the face of structural racism.
Not the only choice in New York
Adams was a former police officer himself and, unlike some New Yorkers, is opposed to the huge $ 6 billion budget cut by the New York City Police Department (NYPD). He sees the fight against crime as one of his most important tasks. In addition to security, the future mayor also promised measures against overpriced housing, investments in schools and 480 kilometers of new bicycle lanes during the election campaign.
The new New York mayor claims to have grown up as one of six children in a poor family in Brooklyn and Queens and experienced police violence at a young age. However, he then became a police officer himself and tried to change the often racist structures of the NYPD from within. He later moved to the capital Albany as a New York State Senator and eventually became Brooklyn’s mayor. Adams has been vegan since he was diagnosed with diabetes.
In the USA, New York City is also more important politically than other cities, as it is considered a benchmark for progressive politics. In the liberal stronghold, Adam’s victory over Sliwa was almost a matter of form. In addition to the office of mayor, the influential district attorney of Manhattan was newly elected in New York on Tuesday: Alvin Bragg will be the first black man to take over the position, according to the AP. New members of the city council and a number of possible constitutional amendments were also voted on – including one for a right to pure air, clean water and a healthy environment. There were initially no results.
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