Eric Adams

Eric Adams (born born September 1, 1960) is an American politician who serves as the 110th mayor of New York City since 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, he held the office of Borough President of Brooklyn from 2014 until 2021.

Quotes

 * Lying is at the root of our training. At the academy, recruits are told that they should not see black or brown people as different, but we all do. We all know that the majority of people arrested for predatory crimes are African-American. We didn't create that scenario, but we have to police in that scenario. So we need to be honest and talk about it.
 * As a police officer in 1999


 * All my haters become my waiters when I sit down at the table of success.
 * Turn your haters into your waiters and give them a 15 percent tip.
 * Adams has said variations of this phrase on multiple occasions since 2015, including to the New York Times in 2021, during a speech at Queens College in 2022 and again in 2023.


 * It blows my mind how much we have not embraced technology, and part of that is because many of our electeds are afraid. Anything technology they think, ‘Oh it’s a boogeyman. It’s Big Brother watching you,’...No, Big Brother is protecting you.
 * December 2022, during an interview with Politico on the efficacy of increased surveillance


 * Don’t tell me about no separation of church and state. State is the body. Church is the heart. You take the heart out of the body, the body dies.
 * February 2023, addressing an interfaith breakfast


 * I am mayor because God gave me the authority to be mayor, and he placed in the hearts of the voters to give me that authority. Sometimes we miss how God operates, but I am clear when I receive my blessings from God.
 * October 25, 2023, during an appearance on Radio Vision Cristiana