Goodbye, Eric Adams

I’ve thought about this for a long time, but never thought it would happen this way. There was a moment, albeit a brief one, when I assumed we might see this man taken away in handcuffs due to corruption charges he was found guilty of. More realistically, I thought he would battle until the end of NYC’s mayoral race and then just disappear after his inevitable loss. Instead, Eric Adams did things … his way: weird as hell.

Eric Adams, who has been mayor of New York City for the last four years, has dropped his reelection bid. This comes after weeks of him vehemently denying that he would even think of dropping out. But we all knew better. He has been polling below his former opponent, the Republican candidate, Curtis Sliwa, who is, at best, a novelty choice. Adams was sinking fast, but remained stubborn.

Then, yesterday, he posted a nearly nine-minute video on X that began with him descending the stairs of Gracie Mansion holding a comically large photo of his mother, while ‘My Way’ by Frank Sinatra played in the background. This continued Adams’s penchant for being a massive dweeb — just a theater kid without any of the redeeming qualities. The cringe of this song choice is outdone only by the fact that he would attend press briefings while ‘Empire State of Mind’ played.

Because the man has not changed in the slightest, he blamed everyone but himself for dropping out. “The constant media speculation about my future and the Campaign Finance Board’s decision to withhold millions of dollars have undermined my ability to raise the funds needed for a serious campaign,” Adams explained, referencing the Campaign Finance Board’s decision not to give him matching funds for his campaign due to his campaign’s lack of transparency about the donations they had received.

You can watch the video if you want. I’m not going to link to X for this loser. He spent his time in office ruining the city for lower-class folks. The man pushed budget cuts for libraries and schools, allowed rents to be raised by ludicrous amounts, and helped all of his cop buddies at every possible turn. He partied on the taxpayers’ dime, took luxurious trips, and tried to make everything about himself whenever possible. During his loser video, Adams tells New Yorkers that they “will see that despite the headlines and the innuendo, I always put you before me.” Horsesh*t, Eric.

Where does the soon-to-be former mayor go from here? There were rumors that the current presidential administration would offer him a job in Saudi Arabia if he dropped out, and these are the same people who had corruption charges against Adams dismissed. That said, they also made it clear they could reinstate the charges if they felt it necessary. There’s a non-zero chance they could still bring charges against him should he not prove useful enough, and nothing would make me laugh harder.

I think it’s more likely that he ends up a pundit on some terrible news program, pretending to be a Democrat, like he always has, while railing against the party like a good little stooge. FOX always needs people like that, though, Newsmax, OAN, or whatever stupid one Chris Cuomo is on. His brother Andrew is certainly grateful Adams has dropped out, so why not lend him a hand?

The funniest part about all of this is that Adams still could make a difference. He dropped out too late for his name to be kept off the ballot. There is still a world where people vote for him regardless of his status, giving Cuomo less access to the “scared of the city they live in” vote. If he had dropped out before the primary instead of going independent when the writing was on the wall, this may not have happened.

I’ve written about Eric Adams often at this site. I’ll be happy not to do so again, at least not in this context. I don’t expect him to leave the public eye; he’s much too vain for that. Instead, he’ll keep running his mouth, and, occasionally, I’ll be there to note how ridiculous he is. But I won’t be doing so in a world where he’s negatively affecting the lives of millions of hard-working people, and that is something to celebrate.