NEWYORK: New York city Mayor Eric Adams said that Kamala Harris is brilliant and we’re going to see her brilliance on the campaign trail.
Giving interview on WBLS 107.5 FM’s “Caribbean Fever”, Mayor Adams said that he is excited about having the first African American woman to be president with Indian background.
Replying question about endorsing Kamala Harris for her position despite criticizing the Biden administration border policies, Mayor Adams said that you don’t have to agree with everything.
“I disagreed with not giving people the right to work at a faster pace in the country, but it doesn’t mean I don’t feel the Biden administration and the vice president’s now potentially nominated for the Democratic Party, did not move our country in the right direction,” he said.
“When I needed President Biden to come to our city to deal with a public safety, he came here and gave us the resources. Did the same thing to go after illegal guns, to navigate us out of COVID and the economy that we’re in. Once you’re not misinterpret the disagreement on Biden, on the totality of not only how he has handled this country, but also the vice president,” he said.
He said that he want to remind people, back in 2020 when Kamala Harris ran for president and she was in the Democratic primary, I endorsed her.
“I saw her leadership skill, her talent, how she’s able to balance public safety,” he said. “She’s brilliant, and we’re going to see her brilliance on the campaign trail. I’m excited about having the first African American woman to be president with Indian background. I think this is a very historical moment for our country, and I’m looking forward to, and I’m asking everyone to join on board with us,” he said.
Mayor Adams said that although she’s Indian-Jamaican background, it’s a symbol for the entire immigrant population. “This country is what it is because of the immigrants who have come here and they have contributed and loved this country,” he said.
“Look at what happened during COVID, when I went into hospitals, I saw my Caribbean diaspora, my Indian diaspora, my South Central America, my African diaspora, as you look into the city, you see the government from the time you arrived here from the airport time you go see the sections that are being delivered in the city, you see the various immigrant populations that ensure that this runs and delivers services to everyday people. This is a proud moment for all of us,” he said.
Mayor Adams said that one of the number one complaints here in the city is the illegal cannabis shops.
“There’s a legal cannabis business in the city, but the illegal market has been absorbing the profits from legal markets,” he said. Mayor Adams said that many of the people in illegal markets were those who were incarcerated for a small amount of marijuana because of our draconian marijuana laws in the past, and we wanted to make it right. The communities have been reaching out to us and telling us about location of illegal markets. These tipsters has allowed us to identify the two locations we got in the Bronx.
“One of them was a illegal social club that had about $10 million in illegal cannabis, mushrooms, different edibles that they’re targeting children, and there was a shotgun inside the location as well. The second location was in a deli. When you walk into the deli, you believe it’s just a regular deli. Once you go over to the rear, they had an entire operation. That was close to a little over a million dollars as well, but the community has been really helpful identifying these locations and the sheriff has been going and we have been shutting them down,” he said.
“We closed down over 700 locations, millions of dollars in fines, millions of dollars in confiscated cannabis,” he said.
To a question, Mayor Adams said that people want public safety and they don’t want abusive behavior, and we don’t allow that to happen.
“Anyone who says that we want to turn this into a police city, don’t realize public safety and justice that are prerequisites to our prosperity. We got to be safe, brother. When you look at what happened to that 13-year-old girl that was raped in Flushing Park, when you look at some of the shootings where families are losing loved ones to gun violence, then you understand why we have the gun detection on our subway system. You understand why we want school safety agents in our schools, because young people are calling for it. Our young people want to be safe, families want to be safe, and I went on a platform that this is going to continue to be the safest city in America,” he said.
“We removes 70,000 illegal guns off our streets,” he said adding that This city is the safest big city in America.
He said city administration paid for more affordable housing in the history of the city in one year, moving more people out of shelters into permanent housing in one year in the history of the city.
“We managed 250,000 migrants and asylum seekers that are not allowed to work in our city. I can’t do anything to stop them from coming. The city is thriving and it’s not coming back bad. No matter how challenging it may be, this is the greatest city on the globe because we have the greatest people on the globe. We call ourselves New Yorkers,” he said.
