PHOTOS: Eric Adams’ mayoral career in NYC

2025
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams (C) attends the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) as he listens as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses world leaders at the United Nations headquarters on Sept. 26, 2025, in New York City. World leaders convened for the 80th Session of UNGA, with this year’s theme for the annual global meeting being “Better together: 80 years and more for peace, development and human rights.”

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NYC mayor Eric Adams, right, greets former NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani during a ceremony to mark the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, in New York.

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Current NYC mayor Eric Adams participates in a ceremony commemorating the anniversary of the 9-11 terror attacks in New York, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025.

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New York Mayor Eric Adams speaks during a campaign launch rally at City Hall, June. 26, 2025, in New York.

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In this photo taken from video, New York mayor Eric Adams speaks after a federal judge dismissed his corruption case, Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in New York.

2024
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New York mayor Eric Adams, right, and New York governor Kathy Hochul attend a ceremony in honor of the New York Liberty’s WNBA championship at City Hall in New York, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024.

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Assistant U.S. Attorney Hagen Scotten speaks in Manhattan federal court, as attorney Alex Spiro, center, and New York City Mayor Eric Adams, right, look on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024, in New York.

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks to the news media on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, after he was indicted on federal charges alleging that he took bribes and illegal campaign contributions from foreign sources.

2023
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This photo, released by Office of the New York Mayor, shows New York Mayor Eric Adams and senior administration officials holding an in-person media availability, at City Hall, Nov, 8, 2023. FBI agents seized phones and an iPad from Adams this week as part of an investigation into his campaign finances, according to a published report, Friday, Nov. 10, 2023.

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This photo provided by the Office of the New York Mayor, shows Mayor Eric Adams, left, presenting the Key to the City to hip-hop artist Sean “Diddy” Combs in New York’s Times Square on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023.

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New York Mayor Eric Adams, joined by city officials, speaks during a City Hall press conference, Wednesday Aug. 9, 2023, in New York. Adams is calling on the federal government to declare a national emergency to ease the financial crisis the city is facing as it struggles to accommodate thousands of arriving migrants.

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New York Mayor Eric Adams, center left, marches during the NYC Pride March, Sunday, June 25, 2023, in New York.

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New York Attorney General Letitia James, second from left, and members of New York Drug Enforcement Task Force, listen as New York City Mayor Eric Adams, far right, speaks during a press conference, announcing the take down of a firearm and drug trafficking operation that illegally sold guns, Wednesday, March 15, 2023, in New York.

2022
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams, right, is joined by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg after signing two bills designating new boundaries of a Times Square sensitive location and prohibiting concealed carry permit holders from bringing their firearms into the Times Square sensitive location, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, in New York.

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks during a graduation ceremony for Pace University at the USTA Billie Jean King Tennis Center in New York, Monday, May 16, 2022. Pace held its largest graduation ceremony ever, not only hosting the current 2022 graduates but also the classes of 2020 and 2021, which were not allowed to hold graduation ceremonies previously due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams throws out a ceremonial first pitch before a baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, in New York.

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Eric Adams, Mayor of New York City, left, and Tracey Collins attend The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the “In America: An Anthology of Fashion” exhibition on Monday, May 2, 2022, in New York.

2022
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New York Mayor Eric Adams rides the subway to City Hall on his first day in office in New York, Jan. 1, 2022. Adams says the New York City subway system must be safe and New Yorkers must “feel safe” in the system.

2022
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Eric Adams holds up a framed image at his swearing-in as New York mayor at the Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration early Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022, in New York.

2021
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Mayor-elect Eric Adams speaks during a news conference at the Queensbridge houses in Long Island City, Queens on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021, in New York. Adams named Keechant Sewell, a Long Island police chief, as the city’s next police commissioner, making her the first woman to lead the nation’s largest police force.

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New York City Mayor elect Eric Adams gestures to supporters on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021, in New York.

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Eric Adams, Brooklyn borough president and Democratic candidate for New York City mayor, left, and Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa shake hands after participating in a debate at the ABC-7 studios in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021.

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Eric Adams, the Democratic candidate for New York mayor, talks with Barbara Lee in a Brooklyn diner, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, in New York.

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Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, second from right, talks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Monday, July 12, 2021, following a meeting with President Joe Biden. Adams is joined by, from left, Community Based Public Safety Collective co-founder Aqeela Sherrills, Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown, Memphis Police Chief C.J. Davis, and Wilmington Police Chief Robert Tracy.

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Democratic mayoral candidate Eric Adams speaks at his primary election night party Tuesday, June 22, 2021, in New York.

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Democratic mayoral candidate Eric Adams, left, is joined by former Gov. David Paterson, right, during a campaign event, Thursday, June 17, 2021, in the Harlem neighborhood of New York. Wright and Paterson endorsed Adams.

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Eric Adams, Brooklyn Borough President and a Democratic mayoral candidate, speaks to workers from TWU Local 100 at Brooklyn’s Fillmore Bus Depot about the rise in assaults against transit workers, Thursday, June 10, 2021, in New York. Adams, a former police officer, has seen his standing rise amid concern over a spike in shootings during the coronavirus pandemic.

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