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The Two-Faces of Eric Adams

Adams Reportedly Exploring a Mayoral Run on the Republican Ballot

February 14, 2025 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC. This report was first published embedded in the WTD.

Law Enforcer or Law Breaker? Well, it seems we're beginning to uncover all of the deceptive masks Eric Adams has been wearing most of his adult life. He went from being a member of the NYPD to allegedly being a criminal of an unknown degree - because he sought a pardon, even before he went to court.

Democrat or Republican? In the late 1990's Eric Adams became a Republican, then switched [back] to becoming a Democrat in early 2000. He's now reportedly exploring a second bid for Mayor, possibly as a Republican, given how badly he has alienated the Democrats who voted for him in the last election.

To show how quickly things are unraveling for Eric Adams, consider this. The Reverend Al Sharpton, one of Adams strongest supporters, criticized the Department of Justice for trying to drop the case against Adams. As recently as MLK Day [January 20th, 2025], Sharpton wanted Adams to attend an MLK event in NYC. But Adams ditched his pre-scheduled MLK events in NYC to attend Trump's Inauguration in Washington, D.C.

In the graphic above or at right is a smiling Eric Adams, who according to the headline is reportedly exploring a mayoral run on the Republican party ballot.

While Adams may have disappointed a lot of moderate voters with his City of Yes zoning law changes, he has greatly pleased the very wealthy real estate industry investors and developers who have funded his campaigns and legal bills. With their funding, Adams may be able to flood the media airwaves with enough paid narratives about who he is and what he has done, to make a credible second run - even as a Republican.

• CLICK here to read the rest of our report on the Two Faces of Eric Adams - Getting Stuff Done for the Billionaires who have funded his campaigns and legal bills.

Is Adams Now Revealing Who he Really is? There appears to be a Quid Pro Quo between Trump and Adams, as Adams has been stepping up NYC collaboration with ICE in an effort to round up illegal immigrants in the city. Adams claims it's just the criminal element, but the City Hall Memos distributed encouraging collaboration with ICE, do not appear to discriminate between law abiding and law breaking immigrants.

The graphic above or at right, was taken from an African American media outlet, that expressed its disatisfaction with how Eric Adams is representing not just himself, but all African Americans, because he has a very public profile. In my travels around the boroughs of NYC, I keep finding what I once considered a surprising amount of frustration and anger directed toward him, by black and brown people who had trusted and voted for him.

But today their anger and frustration no longer surprises me. Reverend Sharpton's rebuke of Adams noted above, is a good example of the kind of reassessment of Eric Adams that is now percolating in the black and brown communities - if not throughout NYC as a whole.

Definition. NYC is a Sanctuary City and NYS is a Sanctuary State. Specifically what this means that both the city and state have adopted policies which limit municipal and state cooperation and use of local resources to help federal authorities round up immigrants.

What Actions are Taken as a Result of being a Sanctuary City or State. The limitations may include prohibiting access to state and municipal buildings, not sharing state and municipal information about illegal immigrants, and non-cooperation by state and city employees with federal authorities - unless the federal authorities have a court ordered warrant.

Why Sanctuary Laws were Passed. Sanctuary city and state laws gained popularity in the 1980's in order to assimilate immigrants into American society by strengthening ties between immigrants and government officials involved in law enforcement, education / schools, and healthcare / hospitals.

The goal is to assimilate and empower resident immigrants in order to prevent impairing the social, psychological, educational and healthcare development of a segment of society thereby creating a disadvantaged, alienated underclass of human beings in our country. The Declaration of Independence declares that "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" are inalienable rights for all - not just some.

Essentially being a sanctuary city or state means that all humans living in an area are treated decently so they may develop mentally, physically and financially in a reasonably fair manner, so that if they end up staying here they become an asset - not a liability. But as important as that, it's about maintaining certain standards of public health, education / workforce readiness and public safety for the entire community.

Illegal immigration should be stopped at the borders and entry ways into the country - not hunted down in schools, hospitals, and places of worship in the middle of our communities, which is sure to traumatize citizens as well as illegals.

The photo above or at right, was taken of the Mayor at the InterFaith Breakfast at the NY Public Library in Bryant Park in late January. The Mayor spoke to a couple hundred people - mostly of folks who either work for him or have been supportive of him. Few, if any, NYC Councilmembers and NYS legislators attended. In spite of the audience composition, there were people there congregated around a protest sign expressing dissatisfaction with the Mayor's governance.