Adams, who defeated Republican and founder of the Guardian Angels Curtis Sliwa, will become city’s second Black mayor
Former police officer Eric Adams will be the next mayor of New York City, after the Democrat defeated Curtis Sliwa in Tuesday’s election.
Adams was on course to beat Sliwa, the founder of the Guardian Angels, after the Associated Press called the race. Adams will take charge of the largest city in the US in January, when he will be faced with overseeing recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed more than 34,500 New Yorkers.
