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{{Infobox politician|name=Eric Adams|image_size=200|birth_date=September 1, 1960|birth_place=[[New York City]], [[State of New York|New York]], [[United States of America|United States]]|political_party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]|image=Eric Adams.png}} | {{Infobox politician|name=Eric Adams|image_size=200|birth_date=September 1, 1960|birth_place=[[New York City]], [[State of New York|New York]], [[United States of America|United States]]|political_party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]|image=Eric Adams.png}} | ||
'''Eric Leroy Adams''' (born September 1, 1960) is a Statesian politician and former [[police]] officer serving as the current mayor of New York City since 2022. He increased the New York City police budget by $11 billion while cutting funds for housing and education and increased state repression against Black and [[Homelessness|homeless]] people.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=[[Fight Back! News]]|title=No cops in power: NYC to protest Mayor Adams|date=2022-10-08|url=http://www.fightbacknews.org/2022/10/8/no-cops-power-nyc-protest-mayor-adams-0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024144639/http://www.fightbacknews.org/2022/10/8/no-cops-power-nyc-protest-mayor-adams-0|archive-date=2022-10-24|retrieved=2023-02-11}}</ref> | '''Eric Leroy Adams''' (born September 1, 1960) is a Statesian politician and former [[police]] officer serving as the current mayor of New York City since 2022. He increased the New York City police budget by $11 billion while cutting funds for housing and [[education]] and increased state repression against Black and [[Homelessness|homeless]] people.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=[[Fight Back! News]]|title=No cops in power: NYC to protest Mayor Adams|date=2022-10-08|url=http://www.fightbacknews.org/2022/10/8/no-cops-power-nyc-protest-mayor-adams-0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024144639/http://www.fightbacknews.org/2022/10/8/no-cops-power-nyc-protest-mayor-adams-0|archive-date=2022-10-24|retrieved=2023-02-11}}</ref> | ||
== Attacks on homeless people == | |||
Adams increased the number of police in New York's subways in order to arrest people for loitering or sleeping in train cars and cut the city's Department of Homeless Services by $615 million or 20%. He has also spread propaganda portraying the homeless as threats to society.<ref>{{Web citation|date=2023-05-05|title=Justice for Jordan Neely!|url=https://www.liberationnews.org/justice-for-jordan-neely/|newspaper=[[Liberation News]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513103404/https://www.liberationnews.org/justice-for-jordan-neely/|archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref> | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
[[Category:Politicians in the United States]] | [[Category:Politicians in the United States]] | ||
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Eric Leroy Adams (born September 1, 1960) is a Statesian politician and former police officer serving as the current mayor of New York City since 2022. He increased the New York City police budget by $11 billion while cutting funds for housing and education and increased state repression against Black and homeless people.[1]
Attacks on homeless people
Adams increased the number of police in New York's subways in order to arrest people for loitering or sleeping in train cars and cut the city's Department of Homeless Services by $615 million or 20%. He has also spread propaganda portraying the homeless as threats to society.[2]
References
- ↑ "No cops in power: NYC to protest Mayor Adams" (2022-10-08). Fight Back! News. Archived from the original on 2022-10-24. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
- ↑ "Justice for Jordan Neely!" (2023-05-05). Liberation News. Archived from the original on 2023-05-13.