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80th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York
(New York, NY) — Despite being indicted and then having corruption charges against him dropped by federal prosecutors, New York City Mayor Eric Adams told reporters today he was the greatest mayor. At his end-of-administration news conference, Adams boasted, “We did it!”
Adams said the day he was indicted, “Every quarter we dropped crime. Every quarter we built more housing. Every quarter we improved reading and test scores….We didn’t stop.” He said people are quick to say he’s the first mayor in the history of New York to be indicted, but added they should say, “How about the first mayor to have visited Rikers Island and speak to inmates in prisons than any other mayor, the first mayor to do dyslexia screening, the first mayor to bring down crime to record levels, the first mayor to build more housing than any other mayor in history.” Adams doesn’t want New Yorkers to “miss the other firsts this mayor has been able to accomplish.”
When reflecting on his four years in City Hall, Adams said, “I’m handing over a city that the next administrations to come can build on. We had a city of ‘no’ and we built a city of ‘yes’.”
He said he’s ready to go home after his first term, adding he did what he had to do and he’s “looking forward to the next step of my journey and leaving back a proud record.”
