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Vol. 112 No. 43 | October 28, 2021 - November 3, 2021
THE NEW BLACK VIEW
ADAMS' APPLE?
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Adams has the Big Apple in his sights By NAYABA ARINDE Amsterdam News Editor With this week’s latest poll declaring a 61 to 25 percent split, according to those numbers it looks like a man called Leroy, may just become New York City’s next mayor. In under a week the mayoral election numbers should be in, and the Board of Elections’ usual hiccups notwithstanding Eric Leroy Adams will…or will not be declared mayor of Gotham. Eric Adams, the current Brooklyn borough president, is the man who would be Big Apple’s chief executive. In a one-on-one interview with the Amsterdam News, Adams said he will hit the ground running if elected mayor, with statements like: “I control who is going to be fired or not in the police department, and I tell people that they are not going to have to wait long periods of time before we get rid of those abusive officers.” And he said; “I made it clear that I want the comptroller to do his job. Audit the agencies. I think the city is dysfunctional. I’m going to do everything I can to be as transparent as possible.” And also, he said his raison d’être is: “Making sure that the city re-
mains fair, affordable and safe.” The Curtis Sliwa mayoral campaign twice pulled out of scheduled interviews with the Amsterdam News. The election is next week, one day after Black Solidarity Day, Nov. 2, 2021. Quietly confident, Adams declared himself mayor and the “face of the Democratic Party” when he won the primary announced in July. The New York City Board of Elections states that there are an estimated 3.7 million registered Democrats, 566,000 Republicans and 1.08 million independents. During their last of two oneon-one televised debates on Tuesday night, Republican rival and Guardian Angel founder Sliwa is still putting on a confident front. Meanwhile, Adams is plowing forward. His story is cemented now, “one of six children, born in Brownsville and raised in South Jamaica by a single mom who cleaned houses,” he says going to school he carried clothes in a black bag for fear of eviction. His campaign has established his journey from “when he was beaten by police in the basement of a precinct house at 15, Eric faced a life-changing act of injustice.” Educated in New York, Adams is a graduate of Marist College, See ADAMS on page 6
City elections roundup By CYRIL JOSH BARKER Amsterdam News Staff (Bill Moore photo)
idents, district attorneys and city council members. Thanks to term limits this Early voting has begun for New year’s election is set to bring York City’s 2021 General Election. some new blood to city hall, Voters throughout the city are with some politicians staying in heading to the polls to elect the place. The ongoing COVID-19 city’s next mayor, public advo- pandemic, crime, housing and cate, comptroller, borough pres- economic recovery are a few of See ELECTIONS on page 30
Open Letter to New York’s Congressional Delegation Urban Agenda by David R. Jones, President and CEO of the Community Service Society of New York - See page 5
