Eric Adams
Mayor of New York City since 2022
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| 2025 | Adams signed an executive order to reopen an ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) office on Rikers Island. |
| April 2025 | Announces he will seek re-election as an independent in the New York City mayoral election. |
| April 2025 | Eric Adams invited U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy to ride the subway together, addressing Duffy's previous critical comments about the subway. During their 10-minute ride from Brooklyn to Manhattan, they discussed crime rates, mental health issues in public transportation, and the city's congestion pricing policy. |
| April 2025 | Judge Dale Ho dismissed the case against Adams with prejudice, without opining on the case merits. At this time, Adams had a 20% approval rating with 56% of voters wanting him to resign. |
| April 3 2025 | Eric Adams announced he would exit the Democratic primary and run for reelection as an Independent candidate in the general election, becoming the first incumbent mayor since John Lindsay in 1969 to run without a major party nomination. |
| March 2025 | Quinnipiac University poll reveals Adams's approval rating has further declined to 20%, indicating continued public dissatisfaction with his mayoral performance. |
| February 2025 | Federal prosecutors instructed by the Department of Justice to drop charges against Adams. |
| January 2025 | After Donald Trump assumes presidency, the Justice Department considers dropping the case against Eric Adams. |
| January 2025 | Early polls showed former New York governor Andrew Cuomo leading Adams among Democratic voters in the mayoral race. |
| December 6 2024 | The first 'City of Yes' zoning law proposal, aimed at facilitating environmentally-friendly building renovations and rooftop solar installations, was approved by the City Council. |
| October 2024 | Marist College poll finds Adams's approval rating at 26%, with 65% of respondents believing he committed illegal acts and 69% calling for his resignation. |
| October 26 2024 | On October 26, 2024, Mayor Eric Adams defended former President Donald Trump and criticized Vice President Harris, expressing his belief that Trump was not a fascist. |
| October 15 2024 | On October 15, 2024, Eric Adams appointed Chauncey Parker as the new Deputy Mayor for Public Safety. |
| September 2024 | Indicted on federal charges of bribery, fraud, and soliciting illegal foreign campaign donations, becoming the first New York City mayor in history to be charged with federal crimes while in office. |
| September 30 2024 | Eric Adams sought dismissal of the bribery charge against him, claiming it was 'extraordinarily vague' and brought by 'zealous prosecutors.' |
| September 27 2024 | Eric Adams was arraigned in federal court, entering a plea of not guilty to the charges against him. |
| September 26 2024 | The sealed case against Eric Adams was unsealed, revealing five charges: bribery, conspiracy, fraud, and two counts of soliciting illegal foreign campaign donations. |
| September 25 2024 | Eric Adams was indicted on federal charges of bribery, fraud, and soliciting foreign campaign donations, with the case being sealed initially. |
| June 6 2024 | On June 6, 2024, the City Council approved another proposal of Mayor Eric Adams' 'City of Yes' initiative, aimed at providing businesses with increased flexibility in their operations. |
| May 21 2024 | On May 21, 2024, Mayor Eric Adams established a Charter Revision Commission to propose changes to the New York City Charter, releasing five proposals for voter approval scheduled for November 5. |
| March 19 2024 | Adams denied the accusations made against him in the sexual assault lawsuit, asserting that he had conducted himself with dignity throughout his public life. |
| March 18 2024 | A legal complaint was filed relating to the sexual assault lawsuit, alleging that Adams forced a woman to perform sexual acts in exchange for career advancement in 1993. |
| January 30 2024 | On January 30, 2024, the New York City Council voted to override Mayor Eric Adams' veto of the How Many Stops Act, which limits the use of solitary confinement in city jails and mandates police documentation of encounters. |
| 2023 | In 2023, Adams's administration spent $50,000 to relocate 114 migrant households seeking political asylum from the southern border to various states and countries. |
| 2023 | Adams conducted an interview with Benjamin Hart, during which he continued to critique Bill de Blasio's mayoral legacy, while de Blasio chose not to directly respond to Adams' criticisms. |
| December 2023 | Quinnipiac University poll shows Adams's approval rating at 28%, the lowest for any mayor since the institution began polling in New York City in 1996. |
| December 2023 | In December 2023, the United Federation of Teachers filed a lawsuit against Eric Adams aimed at preventing a proposed $550 million cut to education funding. |
| December 6 2023 | On December 6, 2023, Mayor Eric Adams' proposal for environmentally-friendly building renovations and rooftop solar installations, part of his 'City of Yes' initiative, was approved by the City Council. |
| November 2023 | In November 2023, Eric Adams was accused in a lawsuit of sexual assault by a former coworker while they were city employees, which he denied, claiming no knowledge of the accuser. |
| November 22 2023 | A Florida woman filed a sexual assault lawsuit against Adams under the New York Adult Survivors Act, claiming an incident occurred in 1993. |
| November 12 2023 | The New York Times reported that Eric Adams was under investigation by the FBI regarding alleged influence from the Turkish government to approve its consulate in a Manhattan building without a fire inspection. |
| November 6 2023 | FBI seized two cellphones and an iPad from Mayor Adams. |
| November 2 2023 | FBI raided the home of Brianna Suggs, Adams' lead campaign fundraiser, as part of an investigation into potential illegal campaign contributions. |
| October 2023 | Conducted a tour of Mexico, Ecuador, and Colombia to explore asylum-seeker migration paths, despite controversy over taxpayer-funded travel expenses. |
| September 2023 | Eric Adams became a Prince Hall Freemason and a 32nd Degree Member of the Scottish Rite, joining alongside New York City Police Commissioner Edward Caban. |
| September 2023 | Adams was removed from a potential advisory board for Biden's 2024 presidential campaign, indicating a shift in their political relationship. |
| July 2023 | Adams argued that New York City was overwhelmed by migrants, stating the city had 'no more room' for the approximately 100,000 migrants from the southern border. |
| July 13 2023 | On July 13, 2023, the New York City Council overrode Eric Adams's veto of housing voucher eligibility legislation by a vote of 42–8, marking a significant confrontation between the Council and the Mayor. |
| June 28 2023 | During a housing town hall, Adams made a controversial statement to an 84-year-old Holocaust survivor who criticized his real estate policies, comparing her to a plantation owner. |
| June 28 2023 | During a housing town hall on June 28, 2023, Eric Adams faced criticism from tenant advocate Jeanie Dubnau, and he controversially responded by comparing her to someone 'on the plantation that you own'. |
| June 23 2023 | On June 23, 2023, Eric Adams vetoed legislation intended to increase eligibility for housing vouchers for homeless families, later implementing part of the bill through an executive order. |
| April 25 2023 | On April 25, 2023, during Yom HaAtzma'ut, Adams announced the night-time lighting of City Hall in blue and white to honor the modern state of Israel and its 75 years of promoting peace. |
| March 2023 | In March 2023, Eric Adams proposed converting vacant office buildings into affordable apartments despite facing backlash over his suggestion of dormitory-style accommodations that did not require windows. |
| February 2023 | In late February 2023, during the annual interfaith breakfast, Eric Adams expressed his disagreement with the concept of separation of church and state, stating the importance of the church to the state's well-being. |
| 2022 | Becomes the 110th mayor of New York City, defeating Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa in the general election. |
| 2022 | In the first three months of his administration, Adams oversaw the declaration and clearing of over 300 homeless encampments across New York City. |
| 2022 | In response to an influx of asylum seekers sent to New York City from Florida and Texas, Adams announced plans to install Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center Tent Cities on Randalls Island, though the tent city was closed after about one month. |
| 2022 | Eric Adams began his term as the 110th mayor of New York City. |
| December 2022 | Adams participated in hosting 15 Days of Light, a holiday ceremony at Carnegie Hall celebrating Hanukkah and Kwanzaa, alongside notable figures such as Reverends Al Sharpton and Conrad Tillard and Rabbi Shmuley Boteach. |
| November 2022 | Adams announced a policy to allow police to commit mentally ill individuals to psychiatric institutions involuntarily, with the aim of ensuring they are stabilized and connected to ongoing care before discharge. |
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