Can a 'Stop-and-Frisk' Candidate Win New York's Democratic Mayoral Primary?

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To progressives’ dismay, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, a hard-line cop supporter, is running strong.


Wednesday, May 5 marked the first day of the 2021 New York City mayor’s race in which Andrew Yang did not lead Democratic primary polling. The honor instead went to Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, coming in at 21 percent support; Yang ran second with 18 percent.

The poll, conducted by Washington, D.C.’s GQR, confirms recent trend lines suggesting that Adams has been chipping away at Yang’s lead.

Adams, who has strong ties to the city’s Black and Orthodox Jewish communities, is well funded and amply endorsed. Politico reports that he has yet to spend much of his “$7.9 million campaign war chest” and could blitz the airwaves in the closing stretch of the primary campaign. With his stable voting base and establishment ties, he is clearly a strong contender.

He also boasts an interesting story, one that he has leaned into heavily over the course of his career. As a teenager, Adams was arrested with his brother for “criminal trespassing” in Queens and beaten and brutalized by officers at the police station.

Read more: https://prospect.org/politics/can-stop-and-frisk-candidate-win-new-yorks-democratic-mayoral-primary-eric-adams/
(American Prospect)