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The first mayor tasked with implementing the city's Streets Master Plan pitched himself on the campaign trail as someone who wouldn't just hit the goals of the plan but surpass them. Yet four years later, the closest Adams's Department of Transportation came to the master plan's mandatory 50 miles of bike lanes per year was 31.7 miles in 2023. Mayor Adams oversaw a DOT that installed just 15 miles of new bus lanes in three years, when the law required 80.

I really want New Yorkers to use my journey as a symbol, Adams said, describing his decision to return to the precinct. Even in the darkest moments of your life, it's about how you turn pain into purpose. Adams recalled that the incident at the 103rd Precinct pushed him toward activism and eventually a career in law enforcement, rather than bitterness. Sometimes we don't realize the darkest moments of your life are not a burial, but it's a planting, he said.

At an event hosted by the Combat Antisemitism Movement in Tel Aviv, held in his honor, Adams spoke about the rising rates of antisemitism. I think this is a period where they need to be very conscious that there's a level of global hostility towards the Jewish community. If I were a Jewish New Yorker, I'd be concerned about my children, said Adams. There is something to be worried about.

He was supposed to meet with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama shortly after arriving Monday and also had plans to "visit local businesses and factories," an advisory from the mayor's office says. It wasn't immediately clear who else he's expected to meet with on the remaining days of his trip, though the advisory says Adams plans on sitting down with "government, business and tech leaders to promote economic activity and tourism to New York City."

Merely a month ago, he stood before all of us reporters at Gracie Mansion and he said 'Andrew Cuomo is a snake and a liar' and 'I am in this to win this' and 'I'm the one that can beat Mamdani.' The next day, my colleagues and I wrote a story saying that nobody believes Eric Adams, that we all still think that there's a chance that he was going to suspend his campaign,

constant media speculation about my future and the Campaign Finance Board's decision to withhold millions of dollars,

"What happened when Trump got elected was the federal anti-corruption sheriff rode off into the sunset... What's left in its wake is this lawlessness. What we're seeing here is a clear example of what that looks like," John Kaehny, executive director of government watchdog organization Reinvent Albany, told Politico.

Multiple corruption scandals have embroiled his administration, and he and his closest aides were indicted. Even before the indictments arrived, he was bleeding out support. Adams was not a mayor devoid of accomplishments, but he had fewer of them than his predecessors and rarely seemed to be engaged with the mechanics of governing. New Yorkers wearied of his act and it became clear, more than a year ago, he had no serious path to a second term.

constant media speculation about my future and the campaign finance board's decision to withhold millions of dollars.

Mayor Eric Adams went on the warpath Thursday as questions continue to linger over the future and viability of his reelection bid. Adams said that he will forge ahead, while lashing out at his rivals and claiming his campaign has been undermined by a coordinated effort to cripple its fundraising ability. Hizzoner, during an unrelated Sept. 25 press conference, launched attacks at both Democratic nominee and frontrunner Zohran Mamdani and Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa.