Cynthia Littleton Business EditorEric Adams has been elected mayor of New York City. The former New York Police Department captain is the second Black mayor in the history of the nation’s largest city.Adams, who at present is Brooklyn borough president, prevailed out of a crowded field in the race to succeed Bill de Blasio, who had a rocky two terms as mayor, with his final years upended by having the city become the first major coronavirus hot zone in the U.S.
and by social unrest.Adams emerged as a moderate option in a field of liberal contenders that included former city sanitation commissioner Kathryn Garcia, attorney Maya Wiley and former presidential candidate Andrew Yang.
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