Eric Adams ()

Eric Adams is a Democratic politician who served as the 110th Mayor of New York City from 2022 to 2025, representing all five boroughs of the city. Born Eric Leroy Adams on September 1, 1960, in Brooklyn, New York, he was the second African American mayor after David Dinkins and focused on public safety, crime reduction, and initiatives like trash containerization. Notable achievements include winning the 2021 Democratic primary via ranked-choice voting, defeating Republican Curtis Sliwa in a landslide general election, reintroducing plain-clothed NYPD units, increasing subway patrols, and mandating trash containerization across much of the city, described as a major accomplishment of his term. He was succeeded by Zohran Mamdani after one term.

Education and Political Experience

• Education: Earned a Master of Public Administration from Marist College in 2006.
• Early Career: Joined the New York City Transit Police and NYPD in the 1980s after experiencing police brutality as a teen; served over 20 years, rising to captain while co-founding "100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care" and developing a computerized crime-tracking system.
• *State Senate *: Represented New York's 20th Senate District ; first person of color to chair the Senate Homeland Security Committee; advanced tenant protections, gun violence prevention, ending stop-and-frisk abuses, and marriage equality.
• *Brooklyn Borough President *: Elected in 2013 with 91% of the vote as the first Black holder of the position; advocated for free community college tuition, reduced meat consumption in schools, economic growth, and education investment.