Eric Adams is a Terrible NYC Mayor
Summary
A straphanger comes in hot with a detailed indictment of Mayor Eric Adams's record on cost of living. The anonymous rider rattles off specifics: a 9% rent increase for two million New Yorkers in rent-stabilized units, a $70 monthly spike in ConEd bills that Adams signed off on, and water bills up $9 to their highest point in 14 years. Kareem agrees with the assessment. The rider's not mincing words about 2025: "Say goodbye to your second term because you should not be running New York City." It's a focused rant that treats the mayor's policy decisions as pocketbook issues, not abstract politics.
Full Transcript
So what's your take? Eric Adams is a terrible mayor and he's single-handedly making life more expensive for New Yorkers. 100% agree. Let's go. Look, here's the thing. New Yorkers, we got basic needs, whether it's housing, electricity, water. Eric Adams is jacking up the price in every single category of those things.
How's he doing it? So with housing, the mayor controls the rent for two million New Yorkers who live in rent-stabilized units. He has raised the rent by 9% since he began being mayor. For ConEd bills, in order for them to go up, they have to get signed off on. The mayor signed off on a $70 increase in monthly ConEd bills. For water, he is making it more expensive to shower, right? It's now going to cost $9 more for your water bill. You kidding me? Highest it's been in 14 years.
What did you have any words for Eric Adams? I'm sure he's going to see this. Eric Adams, say goodbye to your second term because you should not be running New York City. Eric Adams, I'm not voting for you.
Neither am I.