Eric Adams

New York City Police Department personnel gather at the entrance to a subway stop in the Brooklyn borough of New York, April 12, 2022. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

April 13, 2022, 5:49 pm

Van renter named as suspect in NY subway shooting as manhunt enters second day

Frank R. James now considered main suspect in attack that left five in critical but stable condition; social media rants scrutinized

By MICHAEL BALSAMO, Michael R. Sisak and Jennifer Peltz

An Easy Aerial Drone being flown in New York. (Facebook)

March 23, 2022, 11:44 am

Can drones make NYC safer? Israeli company, Brooklyn partner pitch idea to mayor

Blue White Robotics and EasyAerial say their autonomous drones can help fight crime, ensure public safety

By Jacob Henry

New York Mayor Eric Adams speaks during the New York Democratic Party 2022 state Nominating Convention, in New York, February 17, 2022. (Kena Betancur/AFP)

February 18, 2022, 9:54 pm

New York mayor meets with Jewish leaders, police brass on rising antisemitism

Eric Adams calls meeting with Jewish community representatives, vows to investigate anti-Jewish crimes ‘thoroughly’ amid spate of attacks in city

By Luke Tress

Illustrative: Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Brooklyn, New York City, September 14, 2021. (Luke Tress/Flash90)

February 14, 2022, 2:15 am

New York mayor decries ‘vicious hatred’ against Jews as antisemitic attacks continue

Jewish New Yorkers attacked on Brooklyn streets for 2nd consecutive Shabbat; driver smashes windshield of Jewish school bus with children on board

By Luke Tress

One World Trade Center in New York City is lit up in yellow to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27, 2022. (Courtesy/World Jewish Congress)

January 28, 2022, 2:05 am

New York lights Niagara Falls, other sites yellow for Holocaust memorial

‘We remember the millions murdered’: State leaders commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day, as hate crimes remain high and awareness of genocide drops in US

By Luke Tress

New York Police Department officers salute during the transfer of the remains of officer Wilbert Mora outside the NYU Langone hospital in New York, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022. (AP/Yuki Iwamura)

January 26, 2022, 4:31 am

‘Incalculable’ grief: Second NYPD officer dies days after Harlem shooting

Officer Wilbert Mora, 27, taken off life support four days after gunman shot him and Officer Jason Rivera, 22, when they responded to domestic disturbance call

By Michael R. Sisak and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN

An NYPD officer stands at the scene of shooting in Harlem on January 21, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

January 22, 2022, 6:25 pm

NYPD officer killed, another severely hurt in Harlem shooting

Slain cop identified as 22-year-old Jason Rivera, who was shot while responding to a call about an argument between a woman and her adult son

By Michael R. Sisak and Jennifer Peltz

New York Mayor Eric Adams greets students and parents at Concourse Village Elementary School in the Bronx, New York, on January 3, 2022. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP)

January 7, 2022, 8:58 pm

NYC Jews hoping new mayor will reach out beyond Brooklyn’s Orthodox community

Progressive, non-Orthodox Jewish activists express concern Eric Adams’ close ties with the Orthodox could lead to their exclusion from posts in his administration

By Ben Sales

Eric Adams holds up a framed image of his mother at his swearing-in as New York mayor at the Times Square New Year's Eve celebration early Jan. 1, 2022, in New York. (Ben Hider/Invision/AP)

January 1, 2022, 8:50 am

Eric Adams sworn in as New York City mayor in Times Square after ball drop

During ceremony, Democrat places one hand on a family Bible and his other holds photo of his late mother; praises city’s resilience throughout pandemic

By Michelle L. Price

New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams smiles at supporters, Nov. 2, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

December 30, 2021, 3:26 pm

NY mayor-elect to be sworn in on Friday night, after Shabbat-friendly event scrapped

Eric Adams had moved ceremony to Saturday night to accommodate religious Jewish supporters, but will now officially take on the job at Times Square New Year’s event

By Shira Hanau

New York City Mayor-Elect Eric Adams, center, takes photos with people celebrating the first night of Hanukkah at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn, Nov. 28, 2021. (Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images via JTA)

December 16, 2021, 8:37 am

Mayor-elect of New York City Eric Adams moves inauguration to after Shabbat

Ceremony is traditionally held on January 1, which in 2022 falls on Jewish day of rest; to accommodate Orthodox supporters, incoming city chief delays event by several hours

By Shira Hanau

New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams, center, joined Rabbi Noach Majesky and his family at a Hanukkah celebration in Accra, Ghana, Dec. 1, 2021. (Chabad via JTA)

December 2, 2021, 3:37 pm

In Ghana for ‘spiritual cleansing,’ NYC mayor-elect Eric Adams celebrates Hanukkah

New York City’s incoming leader joins local Chabad rabbi of West African country in public menorah-lighting ceremony, speaks of turning pain of oppression into purpose

By PHILISSA CRAMER

New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams speaks to supporters, November 2, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

November 3, 2021, 5:24 pm

From Borough Park to Upper West Side: How Jews voted, and fared, in NY elections

Eric Adams elected mayor despite weak Hasidic support; Jewish Republican Inna Vernikov defeats Steven Saperstein in City Council race; Brad Lander to be next comptroller

By julia GERGELY

November 3, 2021, 9:14 am

Eric Adams easily wins NYC mayor race, as Michelle Wu makes history in Boston

Former police captain triumphs in New York; Boston elects its first woman and Asian American mayor; incumbent Jacob Frey battles to survive in Minneapolis

By Michelle L. Price

Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin arrives to speak at an election night party in Chantilly, Virginia, Nov. 3, 2021, after he defeated Democrat Terry McAuliffe. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

November 3, 2021, 8:39 am

Republican Youngkin wins Virginia governor race in vote seen as Biden referendum

In upset, lawmaker attracts Trump’s base while also appealing to suburban voters who were repelled by ex-president

By Will Weissert and Sarah Rankin