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BIG STORY NOVEMBER 12, 2021 | The Indian Eye 4

Dawn of a new era

VictOry fOr

eric & Sam

as minority candidates do well in elections, eric adams and sam Joshi register

wins in the mayoral contest for new york city and edison, new Jersey. But phil murphy gets

a wake-up call as Jack ciattarelli almost scores an upset win

Eric Adams will only be the second black mayor of NY City with Dilip Chahan Sam Joshi will be the first Indian to hold the mayor's office in Edison, NJ

Our Bureau victory – of the day came from to the NYPD’s budget and the well as Bill de Blasio 2.0.

New York/Edison, NJ the Big Apple as New Yorkers shifting of some jobs to civilians Sliwa, 67, is a well-known,
chose Eric Adams, a former that have been done by officers, if odd and controversial fixture
ovember 2 has shaken New York Police Department which he says could save the city in the city whose run was con-
America. The election captain, to become the city’s up to $500 million a year. He sidered by a former radio host
Nfor Virginia governor second Black Mayor in a land- is adamant about paring back colleague to be the latest in a
came as a huge shock to the slide election. Adams, who is overtime, and supports estab- series of media stunts to gain at-
Democrats. In New Jersey, they currently the Brooklyn borough lishing a requirement that new tention.
got a major scare too. But in the president and a former state officers live in the five boroughs Another history was made
mayoral polls, the Democrat- senator, will take the reins from while also luring back current in Edison as the Edison Coun-
ic Party did better as minori- Bill de Blasio, whose second officers who live outside the cil Vice President Sam Joshi
ty candidates made history on term was mired in the effects city, with various incentives. was elected Mayor of Edison
election night, bringing diver- of the pandemic. Throughout The final weeks of the race becoming the first South Asian
sity to leadership roles in some the race, the 61-year-old brand- between Adams and GOP can- elected to the position. Joshi
of America’s biggest cities. In ed himself as the blue-collar didate Curtis Sliwa were domi- defeated Republican candidate
Boston, New York, Pittsburgh mayor, gaining the approval of nated by personal attacks and Keith Hahn in a closely contest-
and Dearborn, Mich., a major- homeowning voters across the public name-calling. Adams ed race. With all votes counted,
ity of voters embraced minority five boroughs. repeatedly slammed Sliwa as a Joshi defeated Hahn by over
candidates. Cincinnati elected Adams made combating gun “racist” and called him a Mini- 1,700 votes, 11,439 to 9,671.
Aftab Pureval as its first Asian violence and improving public Me of Donald Trump. Sliwa, on Joshi’s Council running mates
American mayor. safety a main focus of his cam- the other hand, has called the Margot Harris, Nishith Pa-
But the biggest news – and paign, while also calling for cuts 110th mayor-to-be an elitist, as Continued on next page... >>

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