Who is Eric Adams, the New York City mayor facing indictment?
by Edward Helmore from US news | The Guardian on (#6R19X)
Federal investigators have raided home of the former police officer whose career is dotted with inconsistencies
The former transit police officer Eric Adams took charge of the largest city in the US in 2022, the second Black person to be elected New York mayor, while the city was still recovering from the disruptions of the Covid pandemic.
At his swearing-in, the cop turned Democratic politico indicated he planned to return some personal panache to a metropolis knocked by a pandemic, political strife and, at times, his unpopular predecessor, Bill de Blasio.
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