How’s Mayor Adams Doing? Don’t Ask, Many New Yorkers Say. (original) (raw)
New York|How’s Mayor Adams Doing? Don’t Ask, Many New Yorkers Say.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/29/nyregion/eric-adams-record.html
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Halfway through his term, Mr. Adams is fighting to overcome low poll numbers and questions about his management as he faces a federal corruption investigation.
Mayor Eric Adams faces the lowest approval rating since Quinnipiac University began polling the popularity of New York City mayors in 1996.Credit...Dave Sanders for The New York Times
Dec. 29, 2023
Four days before Christmas, Mayor Eric Adams of New York gathered his top aides on the stairs of City Hall’s rotunda for an end-of-year message.
As his walk-in music blared from the speakers, Mr. Adams gave a thumbs-up to his staff, positioning himself between two video screens. One showed the year, 2023; the other displayed the message, “Jobs Are Up. Crime Is Down.”
The news conference resembled a campaign event, full of applause and cheerleader-like encouragement for the mayor at the halfway mark of his first term. And by keeping a laserlike focus on trumpeting two key statistical achievements, Mr. Adams seemed intent on pushing a counternarrative to the growing perception that he is not up to the job.
The mayor faces the lowest approval rating since Quinnipiac University began polling the popularity of New York City mayors in 1996. New Yorkers disapprove of almost every aspect of how Mr. Adams is handling his job and don’t believe he is trustworthy, the poll found.
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