Eric Adams elected as New York City’s second Black mayor, CNN projects
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on November 3, 2021
By Gregory Krieg, CNN
Democrat Eric Adams has been elected the 110th mayor of New York City, CNN projects, defeating Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa.
Adams, a retired New York Police Department captain who embraced a public safety message, will be the second Black mayor in the city’s history, after the late David Dinkins.
A Brooklyn native who currently serves as its borough president, Adams won a chaotic Democratic primary this . . .