Jumaane Williams, public advocate, is next in the mayoral succession line should Eric Adams leave office.
. According to the city charter, he would assume the position of acting mayor, if Eric Adams were to step aside or be suspended from office by the governor.24/7 New York news stream: Watch NBC 4 free wherever you arePreviously, he served on the NYC Council representing the 45th District. Williams is a first-generation Brooklynite of Grenadian heritage.
A Democrat who has been supported by the Working Families Party, he began his career as a community organizer at the Greater Flatbush Beacon School and later served as the Executive Director of NYS Tenants & Neighbors. There, he fought for affordable, income-targeted housing across New York City and state.
The political party bills itself as a progressive entity "building a multiracial, feminist movement of working people." In the NYC Council, where he represented the 45th District, Williams championed police reform legislation. He sponsored the Community Safety Act, reforming the City's Police Department by ending the abuse of Stop, Question & Frisk in communities of color and creating the NYPD's Office of Inspector General to investigate unlawful and unethical behavior.
Williams has said he leads the fight for better policing and safer streets, affordable housing, and transparency and accountability in city government.
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