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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. “I wanted people to know my story, being a dishwasher, having a learning disability, being arrested as a child, going to school at night, working in […]
Michelle Wu speaks after voting in Boston on Tuesday. Allison Dinner/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Allison Dinner/Getty Images Michelle Wu speaks after voting in Boston on Tuesday. Allison Dinner/Getty Images Boston voters have elected City Councilor Michelle Wu as mayor, the city’s first woman and person of color elected to the post. Wu, whose […]
Eric Leroy Adams, a former New York City police captain whose attention-grabbing persona and keen focus on racial justice fueled a decades-long career in public life, was elected on Tuesday as the 110th mayor of New York and the
Video transcript Back transcript Eric Adams Declares Victory in N.Y.C. Mayoral ElectionEric Adams, a former police officer and Brooklyn borough president, will be the city’s second Black mayor. He will take office on Jan. 1. [crowd cheering] The team told me to come through the back, come around the stage, come directly in. And they […]
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 […]
By The Associated Press NEW YORK — Alvin Bragg has been elected Manhattan’s first Black district attorney. The 48-year-old Democrat easily defeated Republican Thomas Kenniff on Tuesday to join a wave of progressive, reform-minded prosecutors in several big U.S cities. When Bragg takes office in January, he’ll inherit an ongoing investigation of former President Donald […]
(RNS) — In a pathbreaking decision, the Rev. Gina Stewart has been elected as the first woman president of the Lott Carey Baptist Foreign Mission Society, marking the first time a female has been chosen for the highest post of a Black Baptist organization. Stewart, the senior pastor of Christ Missionary Baptist Church in Memphis, […]