The Sad Twilight of Mayor Eric Adams’ Career Op-Ed by Kamau Austin

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The Sad Twilight of
Mayor Eric Adams’ Career

Former NYC Mayor Eric Adams

The way New Yorkers are tearing down Mayor Eric Adams in his final chapter is painful to watch—not because criticism is unwarranted, but because the reckoning feels stripped of memory, nuance, and context.

I remember Eric Adams long before City Hall. I remember him as a street activist fighting police brutality at a time when that work came with real danger. He wasn’t just challenged by the police department—he was threatened by it. He was also threatened by street hustlers and violent actors who didn’t appreciate us organizing to stop bloodshed in our own neighborhoods through groups like the Black United Front.

Adams didn’t just protest the system—he challenged us to change it. When he argued that more of us should join the police department to reform it from within, many dismissed the idea. Yet that thinking gave birth to Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care, an organization rooted in the belief that accountability and representation could coexist.

To see someone who once marched with us become mayor of the largest city in the United States—and arguably the world—was genuinely inspiring. That arc mattered.

Which is why the current disdain, especially from within our own community, feels so heavy.

Mayor Adams was far from perfect. No serious leader is.

But it is dishonest to erase the tangible outcomes of his administration. Under his leadership, New York City saw a significant expansion of affordable housing—housing that thousands of New Yorkers are applying for right now. Our libraries and the MTA underwent long-overdue technological upgrades. His administration elevated Black women into leadership roles at levels we had rarely, if ever, seen before—including within law enforcement itself.

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Former NYC Mayor Eric Adams

Then came the migrant crisis.

Republican and MAGA-aligned governors deliberately bused and flew tens of thousands of migrants into New York City, using human lives as political props. Adams responded first from a humanitarian standpoint, while simultaneously pleading with Washington, D.C. for federal support that never truly arrived. As social services strained, many Black New Yorkers voiced legitimate concerns about resources being stretched thin. When Adams adjusted course, he was attacked from the other side. In truth, he was trapped between federal neglect and local frustration.

That complexity rarely made headlines.

Instead, what we saw was a familiar pattern—one that Black mayors and Black political leaders know all too well. I remember how David Dinkins faced similar treatment decades ago. We praise Black leadership in hindsight while punishing it mercilessly in real time. One term. Little grace. Short memory.

Now New York turns the page to Zohran Mamdani, a leader with passion, bold ideas, and an energized base. Some of his proposals raise real fiscal questions, but I sincerely hope he succeeds. He has already made appointments that reflect genuine community respect and competence.

Still, I can’t help but feel a sense of déjà vu.

Because I’ve seen this movie before—not just in New York, but nationwide. From Marilyn Mosby to Letitia James, Black elected officials are disproportionately subjected to investigations, accusations, and media feeding frenzies. This is not coincidence. It is structural. It is historical. And it is effective.

Major media outlets repeatedly prime Black communities to distrust their own leaders, while extending endless grace to others whose records are far more troubling. Look at who currently holds power nationally—a man credibly accused of sexual abuse, tied to insurrection, and surrounded by enablers of the worst kind—yet defended relentlessly by his base.

That contrast should give us pause.

I work in media. I saw what Mayor Adams did day-to-day. The good outweighed the bad by a wide margin. Our community could have—and should have—engaged his administration with more sophistication, more pressure and more fairness.

So as Eric Adams exits public office, I choose not to join the pile-on.

I will remember the activist who stood with us when it was dangerous. I will remember the mayor who tried—sometimes imperfectly—to balance humanity, governance, and political reality in an unforgiving city. And I will say this plainly:

Thank you, Mayor Adams, for decades of service to our community.

As New York embraces new leadership, I hope we also embrace a lesson: if we continue to consume and amplify every attack on Black leadership without discernment, we should not be surprised when history keeps repeating itself.

And for Mayor Mamdani—brace yourself. The same system that went after Adams is already warming up. I wish you strength, wisdom, and success.  NYC needs it.

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