New Yorkers don’t shy away from sharing how they really feel about their mayor.
After the U.S. Department of Justice issued a memorandum saying they would not prosecute New York City Mayor Eric Adams for federal corruption charges for now, something he confirmed at a Tuesday press briefing, city residents continued to say they didn’t trust the incumbent mayor to continue in his role. It’s something New Yorkers have said for months in polling.
Adams, who has pleaded not guilty to the charges, is in his first term and faces re-election. In recent polls, just over a quarter of Democratic primary voters held a favorable view of Adams, and only 10% of them would vote for him again. A whopping 58% of respondents had an unfavorable view of Adams in the Emerson College Polling/PIX11/The Hill survey taken in early February.
This polling indicates he has a steep fight ahead, and New Yorkers don’t plan to give him a lending hand, something that became abundantly apparent after his Tuesday address.
And even though Adams said he wanted to put his federal corruption case behind him and work to rebuild trust with his constituents, New Yorkers are nothing if not honest about how they feel: They don’t believe him.
