Alexis Guilleux, edited by Sonia Chemaa
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3:23 p.m., January 3, 2022
He was sworn in in Times Square a few minutes after the passage in 2022. Eric Adams became, this weekend, the new mayor of New York. Debut coupled with regrettable timing, since it inherits the delicate management of the new wave of the pandemic, with an explosion in the number of contaminations due to the Omicron variant.
Curbing the spread of the virus will be the challenge for the new mayor of New York. Eric Adams was sworn in in Times Square on Saturday, just minutes after the New Year, in a city stricken by the pandemic. Because New York has been living in slow motion for two weeks and tens of thousands of new cases are listed there every day. With subway lines shut down and Broadway shows canceled, there is no question of Eric Adams putting any new restrictions in place.
“2022 is not 2020”
“Despite the persistence of Covid-19, New York is not closed. The city remains open and alive. 2022 is not 2020. With vaccines, tests and treatments, we have the tools to live with this virus and stay healthy if we all do our part to keep everyone safe. ” The pandemic is not Eric Adams’ only priority. It will also be eagerly awaited on the fight against crime and on the economic recovery. In New York, the unemployment rate is twice as high as in the rest of the country.
Make New York the “center of the universe”
“We need to get New Yorkers back to work by ending our adversarial relationship with business. It’s a city that’s tough for business.” Close to business circles, Eric Adams has already promised to make New York the capital of crypto currencies and wants the city to once again be, in his words, the “center of the universe”.
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