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swearing-in ceremony to symbolize id spread of COVID-19 across the his rivals presented a progressive According to a poll released
his goal to re-energize a city bat- city, driven by the omicron variant. platform as a pathway toward im- a day before the June primary
tered by the coronavirus outbreak Past mayors have traditionally held proving the city’s quality of life, Ad- by Ipsos, crime remained a top
for nearly two years. Former mayor their ceremonies outside City Hall. ams embraced a center-left agenda concern as voters headed to the
and billionaire Michael Bloomberg Comptroller Brad Lander and Pub- largely focused on reducing crime. polls, with 39% of those polled
was also sworn into office in Times lic Advocate Jumaane Williams, During his campaign, Adams saying Adams was the best can-
Square during the New Year’s Eve both from Brooklyn, were expected consistently tapped into his working didate suited to reduce crime.
ball drop celebration in 2002. to join Adams, symbolizing the bor- class roots, growing up dyslexic and Adams, 61, succeeds de Blasio,
While a mayoral swearing-in ough’s political influence citywide. on the brink of homelessness. His a progressive Democrat long per-
event is usually followed by inau- Adams easily won the Novem- turning point, as he recalled, was ceived by police unions as being too
guration ceremony later in the day, ber general election over Republican being brutalized by the NYPD when soft on crime. Adams is now the sec-
Adams was forced to cancel his challenger Curtis Sliwa following an he was 15. The encounter compelled ond Black mayor in the city’s 124-
planned event at Kings Theater in intense June primary contest against him to join the police department, year history, the first being David
Brooklyn because of the recent rap- 12 Democratic candidates. While retiring with the rank of captain. Dinkins in 1990.

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