‘Food is doing more injustice than mass incarceration’: New York mayor Eric Adams on veganism

Adams appears to have had some personal success with a vegan diet after a health scare, but can he replicate it among all New Yorkers?

One morning in March 2016, before Eric Adams burst onto the national stage as the charismatic new mayor of New York City, he had a very rude awakening.

The then Brooklyn borough president was startled to find that he could barely see the alarm clock that was sounding his morning call. His bedroom looked shrouded in mist.