Adams Vows New York Won’t Be ‘Controlled By Crises’ as NYC Mayor

Eric Adams is sworn in as the 110th mayor of New York City on Jan. 1, 2022.Photographer: Arturo Holmes/Getty Images
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New York City “will not be controlled by crises,” Eric Adams declared in his first speech in office, a little more than 12 hours after he was sworn in as the city’s 110th mayor.

In a brief address that lasted less than 11 minutes, Adams pledged to reunite the city, tamp down divisions and root out waste and inefficiency in city government, all while bringing New York back from the Covid-19 pandemic at a time of record daily infections.