New York City's mayor gets baptized in jail by Rev. Al Sharpton on Good Friday

In this photo provided by the Office of the Mayor of New York, Mayor Eric Adams, second from right, laying back, participates in a baptism ceremony with Rev. Al Sharpton, right, while visiting the Rikers Island jail complex in New York, Friday, March 29, 2024. In this photo provided by the Office of the Mayor of New York, Mayor Eric Adams, top left, participates in a baptism ceremony with Rev. Al Sharpton, center, while visiting the Rikers Island jail complex in New York, Friday, March 29, 2024.

“Having been arrested and then elected mayor, I reminded these young men that where you are is not who you are,” Adams, a Democrat, said in a statement. “For the first time in their lives, their mayor didn’t look down at them — I sat side by side with them to be cleansed and recommit ourselves to getting on the right path.”

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