Eric Adams, the next mayor of New York City, has his work cut out for him.
The largest U.S. city is in the midst of a halting recovery from a coronavirus pandemic that killed more than 34,000 residents and erased half a million jobs, all while grappling with deep-seated issues such as crime, income inequality and a lack of affordable housing.
They will encounter a city struggling to address a homelessness crisis exacerbated by the pandemic and higher crime rates. Murders are up more than 40% and shooting incidents have doubled since the same point in 2019, though crime still remains much lower than in the 1980s and 1990s. He proposed increasing patrols on the subway system to curb assaults and at one point suggested he might return to a limited form of stop-and-frisk, a strategy that a federal judge found illegally targeted minorities.
However, he is also widely seen as far more business-friendly than de Blasio, who often took aim at Wall Street. Adams' campaign took in significant money from wealthy executives, and he spoke often of working closely with big business to help the city recover. Adams has expressed support for charter schools and said he would preserve the city's gifted program, which critics say funnels predominantly white students into better schools at the expense of Black and Latino children.
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