Adams also ended a voucher program for asylum seekers just days after Trump was elected president.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks during a press conference announcing lawsuits the city is filing against e-cigarette companies at City Hall on July 10, 2023 in New York City. Mayor Adams was joined by NYC’s Corporation Counsel Hon. Sylvia O. Hinds-Radix, NYC Sheriff Anthony Miranda and members of Parents Against Vaping e-cigarettes as he announced the the city is filing a lawsuit against four major distributors of “exotically flavored disposable e-cigarettes” for illegally selling them to local retailers & consumers. The four companies are Magellan Technology Inc., Demand Vape, Empire Vape Distributors, and Star Vape.
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Mayor Eric Adams asserted that he is committed to working with Donald Trump after he takes office. The indicted politician has spoken with Trump and revealed that they plan to work together on infrastructure, public safety, and more issues in New York City, per Politico and ABC News 7. When asked whether he felt Trump’s presidency would have an impact on his case, Adams side-stepped the question, asserting that his job is to “fight on behalf of New Yorkers” and to “defend this city.”
“I communicated with the president yesterday to state that there are many issues here in the city that we want to work together with the administration to address,” Adams told reporters. “The city must move forward and that is what our call is to do.”
“All of us want to be safe and that is something that we push for,” he said, adding his slogan about New York City being the “safest big city in America.”
However, Eric Adams didn’t reveal whether he spoke to Donald Trump about immigration topics. Interestingly enough, Adams appeared to show his hand as the disgraced politician announced that NYC would end the food voucher program for asylum seekers, a topic that Trump’s administration is on the same side of.
It should be noted that at no point during Trump’s campaign did Adams criticize him for his past political missteps or criminal cases. Most recently, Adams refused to paint Trump in bad light after his infamous Madison Square Garden rally. Instead, the mayor spoke out against Democrats who called on Adams to call out Trump’s “fascist” ideals.
“I speak to my mayors across the country, and they talk about these real problems we’re having. And with all that’s going on to every day New Yorkers, we’re asking questions that, ‘Is someone a fascist?’ or ‘Is someone a Hitler?’ That’s insulting to me. That is insulting,” the controversial mayor told reporters.
“I’m not going to engage in that. Everyone needs to turn down the rhetoric. Because after Election Day, we still have to be the United States, and not the divided states,” he concluded.
Donald Trump previously spoke about Adams, seemingly returning the favor for not talking ill of him. During a dinner in October, Trump gave a speech where he called out the corruption case against Adams, claiming it’s somehow politically motivated.
“I just want to be nice because I know what it’s like to be persecuted by the DOJ for speaking out against open borders,” Trump said. “We were persecuted, Eric. I was persecuted, and so were you.”
