Eric Adams — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Served as the 111th Mayor of New York City from 2022 to 2025.
First Black American to be elected Brooklyn Borough President in 2013, re-elected in 2017.
Served in the New York State Senate from 2006 to 2013, representing the 20th district in Brooklyn.
Police officer in the New York City Transit Police and NYPD for more than 20 years, retiring at the rank of captain.
Implemented a tough-on-crime approach as mayor, reintroducing a plain-clothed NYPD unit and a zero-tolerance policy on homeless people in subway cars.
Indicted on federal charges of bribery, fraud, and soliciting illegal foreign campaign donations in September 2024, with charges dismissed in April 2025.

Biography

Eric Leroy Adams is an American politician and former police officer, born on September 1, 1960. He served as the 111th Mayor of New York City from 2022 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, Adams had a career as a police officer for over 20 years, serving in the New York City Transit Police and then the New York City Police Department (NYPD), retiring at the rank of captain.