Eric Adams expected to be next New York mayor after victory in Democratic primary | First Thing

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The former police captain Eric Adams has been declared the winner of the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City. If he wins the general election in November - which, as the overwhelming favourite against the Republican nominee, Curtis Sliwa, he is expected to do - he will become the city's second Black mayor.