Eric Adams Sweeps In With Busy Checklist for NYC Craving Change
- Mayor-elect expected to shift from governing to campaigning
- Pandemic, schools and safety major challenges for city
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Mayor-elect Eric Adams will immediately have to grapple with New York City’s Covid response, widespread inequality and safety issues that have kept many workers from returning to offices and public transit.
The 61-year-old Brooklyn borough president will have to find a way to turn his campaign rhetoric, which often lacked details and seemed tailored to please all, into governing reality. He’ll be expected to deliver concrete plans on addressing the city’s 9.8% unemployment rate, navigating through the pandemic and delivering on a $98.7 billion budget as federal aid dries up and dozens of police and other union contracts come up for renewal.