Adams assumes office in a city beset by high unemployment, a massive wave of COVID-19 infections and violent crime. Can he take New York in a new direction? Summary Former police captain and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams was sworn in as New York City’s new mayor on Saturday. Taking over from unpopular left-wing Mayor Bill de Blasio, Adams vowed to take on the city’s crime, unemployment, and coronavirus crises. New York’s COVID-19 case counts set a new record on …
