Eric Adams

Extracted Attributes

• Born

  1960-09-01

• Education

  Master's degree in Public Administration from Marist College; Graduate of John Jay College of Criminal Justice

• Full Name

  Eric Leroy Adams

• Birth Place

  Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York, United States

• Police Rank

  Captain (retired)

• Health Advocacy

  Plant-based diet and vegan lifestyle (following Type 2 diabetes diagnosis in 2016)

• Political Party

  Democratic Party (primary career), Independent (2025)

Timeline

• Born in Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1960-09-01

• Joined the New York City Transit Police, later merging into the NYPD. (Source: Web Search (Britannica))

  1984-01-01

• Retired from the NYPD at the rank of captain and was elected to the New York State Senate representing the 20th district. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2006-01-01

• Elected as the first Black American Brooklyn Borough President. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2013-11-01

• Elected as the 111th mayor of New York City after defeating Curtis Sliwa. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2021-11-02

• Inaugurated as Mayor of New York City. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2022-01-01

• Indicted on federal charges of bribery, fraud, and soliciting illegal foreign campaign donations. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2024-09-01

• Department of Justice under the Trump administration instructed prosecutors to drop all charges against Adams. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2025-02-01

• Federal case against Adams officially dismissed by Judge Dale Ho. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2025-04-02

• Announced intention to seek re-election as an independent candidate. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2025-04-15

• Withdrew re-election candidacy and endorsed Andrew Cuomo for mayor. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2025-09-01

• Succeeded by Zohran Mamdani as Mayor of New York City. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2026-01-01

Eric Adams

Eric Leroy Adams (born September 1, 1960) is an American politician and former police officer who served as the 111th mayor of New York City from 2022 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, Adams was an officer in the New York City Transit Police and then the New York City Police Department (NYPD) for more than 20 years, retiring at the rank of captain. He served in the New York State Senate from 2006 to 2013, representing the 20th district in Brooklyn. In 2013, Adams became the first black American to be elected Brooklyn Borough President; he was re-elected in 2017. In 2021, Adams received the Democratic Party's nomination for mayor of New York City after winning a crowded primary that used ranked-choice voting. In the general election, Adams won a landslide victory over Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa. As mayor, he took what is regarded to have been a tough-on-crime approach and reintroduced a plain-clothed NYPD unit that had been disbanded by the previous administration. He also implemented, alongside increased police presence, a zero-tolerance policy on homeless people sleeping in subway cars. In September 2024, a series of investigations into Adams's administration emerged. Adams was indicted on federal charges of bribery, fraud, and soliciting illegal foreign campaign donations. Adams pleaded not guilty to the charges. He alleged that the charges were retaliation for opposing the Biden administration's handling of the migrant crisis. In February 2025, the Department of Justice in the Donald Trump administration instructed federal prosecutors to drop charges against Adams. Judge Dale Ho dismissed the case against Adams on April 2, 2025. In April 2025, Adams announced that he would seek re-election as an independent in the 2025 New York City mayoral election. In September, he withdrew his candidacy following flagging poll numbers, endorsing Andrew Cuomo. Cuomo would go on to lose to Zohran Mamdani, who succeeded Adams as mayor on January 1, 2026.

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• Eric Adams | Political Party, Facts, Mayor, & Indictment

  Eric Adams (born September 1, 1960, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.) was elected mayor of New York City in 2021 and served one term (2022–25). He was succeeded by Zohran Mamdani. Adams had previously worked in the New York City Police Department for more than 20 years, retiring with the rank of captain. He represented parts of central Brooklyn in the New York state senate (2007–13) and served as the Brooklyn borough president (2014–22). [...] ### What was Eric Adams accused of? During his tenure as mayor of New York City (2022–25), Eric Adams was indicted (2024) on federal charges of bribery, fraud, and soliciting foreign campaign donations. However, after Donald Trump became president in 2025, the Justice Department quickly moved to drop the charges against Adams. A judge later dismissed the case but said that “Everything here smacks of a bargain: dismissal of the Indictment in exchange for immigration policy concessions.” ## News • Top aide to former NYC Mayor Eric Adams took a bribe of diamond earrings, prosecutors say • Jan. 29, 2026, 12:35 AM ET (ABC News (U.S.)) [...] Adams joined the New York City transit police in 1984 and later became a New York Police Department officer when the two departments merged. He worked stints in several neighborhoods, including Coney Island, Bedford-Stuyvesant, and Greenpoint (all in Brooklyn). He served as chair of the Guardians, an organization for Black officers. In the early 1990s he expressed reluctance to endorse the city’s first Black mayor, David Dinkins, for reelection—reportedly because Dinkins refused to meet with the controversial Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.

• Eric Adams

  [edit] Eric Leroy Adams was born in Brownsville, Brooklyn, on September 1, 1960. He was the fourth of six children. His mother, Dorothy Mae Adams-Streeter (1938–2021), worked double shifts as a housecleaner and had received only a third-grade education. His father, Leroy Adams, was a butcher who struggled with alcoholism. Both of his parents moved to New York City "Great Migration (African American)") from Alabama in the 1950s. Adams was raised in a rat-infested tenement in Bushwick, Brooklyn. His family was so poor that he often brought a bag of clothes to school with him in case of a sudden eviction from his home. As a young boy, he sometimes earned money as a squeegee boy. By 1968, his mother managed to save up enough money to buy a house and move the family to South Jamaica, Queens. [...] After Adams received a personal diagnosis of type two diabetes in 2016#Personal_life "Eric Adams (politician)"), he adopted and began advocating for policies that would promote a plant-based diet and healthier lifestyle. The Office of the Brooklyn Borough President launched a plant-based nutrition page on its website with links to resources encouraging vegan and plant-based lifestyles and printable handouts produced by the borough. Adams urged the City Council to pass a resolution called "Ban the Baloney", aiming for schools across the city to stop serving processed meats. He also avidly supported "Meatless Mondays" in public schools. In 2021, Adams authorized a grant from the borough to SUNY Downstate College of Medicine to establish a plant-based supplemental curriculum. [...] In February 2010, Adams was one of just eight members of the New York Senate who voted not to expel Senator Hiram Monserrate from the legislature after he was convicted of assault for dragging his girlfriend down a hallway and slashing her face with a piece of glass. Adams was a vocal opponent of the NYPD's "stop and frisk" policy, which predominantly affected young black and Latino men, and which, in 2000, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights said constituted racial profiling. In 2011, he supported calling for a federal investigation into stop-and-frisk practices. He championed a bill to stop the NYPD from gathering data about individuals who had been stopped but not charged.

• [PDF] Biography of Eric L. Adams 110th Mayor of New York City

  Page 1 of 2 Biography of Eric L. Adams 110th Mayor of New York City Mayor Eric Adams has served the people of New York City as an NYPD officer, State Senator, Brooklyn Borough President, and now as the 110th Mayor of the City of New York. He gave voice to a diverse coalition of working families in all five boroughs and is leading the fight to bring back New York City’s economy, reduce inequality, improve public safety, and build a stronger, healthier city that delivers for all New Yorkers. Like so many New Yorkers, Mayor Eric Adams grew up with adversity —and overcame it. As one of six children, born in Brownsville and raised in South Jamaica by a single mom who cleaned houses, Eric and his family did not always know if they would come home to an eviction notice on the front door or food [...] all, Eric became a national leader on public health policy after learning he had developed Type 2 diabetes. Following his diagnosis, Eric completely changed his diet and his body, reversing the disease and launching a personal mission to educate New Yorkers about preventative care and wellness. His work has already led to successful proactive public health efforts across the city and increased education in schools and with high-risk populations in lower-income areas, partnering with civic organizations and health experts. Eric is a lifelong New Yorker. He received his master’s degree in public administration from Marist College, and is a graduate of New York City Technical College and the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. He is also a proud product of New York City public schools, [...] rank of captain, helping to build the first computerized system for tracking crime in the city, which led to historic gains in public safety. Eric’s efforts to change policing began his lifelong work to improve and protect New York. From the NYPD, he moved on to the State Senate, where he represented sections of central and Brownstone Brooklyn. In Albany, Eric built winning coalitions to advance New York City’s values and goals, helping to push through measures to protect tenants and workers, combat gun violence, end the NYPD’s abuses of stop and frisk, and advance human rights — including marriage equality. He also became the first person of color to chair the Senate’s Homeland Security Committee. Eric was then elected Brooklyn Borough President in 2013 by putting together a diverse

• The Hon. Eric Adams - Concordia Summit

  Mayor Eric Adams has dedicated his life to giving back to his city and giving a voice to a diverse coalition of working families in all five boroughs. Born and raised in Brownsville, Brooklyn, Adams first served the city by joining the NYPD, after being a victim of police brutality as a young man himself. While in the NYPD, he fought for change by becoming an outspoken advocate for reform — co-founding the group “100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care.” After retiring from the NYPD at the rank of captain, he continued his career in public service by running for State Senate, representing central Brooklyn. Adams was elected Brooklyn borough president in 2013, becoming the borough’s first Black leader. In 2021, Adams was elected mayor, on the agenda of improving public safety, growing the [...] People - Staff Download Hi-Resolution Mayor, City of New York # The Hon. Eric Adams Mayor Eric Adams has dedicated his life to giving back to his city and giving a voice to a diverse coalition of working families in all five boroughs. Born and raised in Brownsville, Brooklyn, Adams first served the city by joining the NYPD, after being a victim of police brutality as a young man himself. […] Press Center Contact The Hon. Eric Adams Bio Current as of: April 23, 2024

• The Rise and Fall of Eric Adams

  Credit...Angelina Katsanis for The New York Times Supported by SKIP ADVERTISEMENT Listen to this article · 8:25 minLearn more Share full article 108 Image 2: Dana Rubinstein By Dana Rubinstein Sept. 29, 2025 Four years ago, Eric Adams, fresh off what would become a razor-thin victory in the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City, held forth with characteristic bombast. He was the “face of the new Democratic Party,” he said. He suggested that with his working-class roots and police background, he was the model of new leadership for a party held hostage by the gentrifying elite. He would orient City Hall toward the dispossessed and the underserved. And as the city’s second Black mayor, he would continue the legacy of the first, David N. Dinkins. [...] The Rise and Fall of Eric Adams - The New York Times []( Mamdani Administration Tax Proposals Housing Board Homeless Encampment Sweeps Rental Assistance Reversal Chief Tech Officer Image 1: Eric Adams, with a serious expression. The Rise and Fall of Eric Adams Mr. Adams has suspended his re-election campaign, becoming the first mayor of New York City to fail to win a second term since David N. Dinkins. Credit...Angelina Katsanis for The New York Times Skip to contentSkip to site indexSearch & Section Navigation Section Navigation []( []( The Rise and Fall of Eric Adams Mr. Adams has suspended his re-election campaign, becoming the first mayor of New York City to fail to win a second term since David N. Dinkins. Credit...Angelina Katsanis for The New York Times

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