The Latest Breaking News from Eric Adams

In wake of subway shooting, NYC Mayor Adams calls for ‘national and local’ solutions to violence

NEW YORK — Tying an ongoing spike in New York City crime to trends across the country, Mayor Eric Adams on Sunday called for “a national and local approach” to violence.

Tribune News Service · Apr 17, 2022

Gov. Hochul releases taxes, Mayor Adams does not — for now

NEW YORK — It’s the tale of two tax returns.

Tribune News Service · Apr 16, 2022

After bullets flew, NYC subway workers kept their cool

When smoke bombs and bullets were unleashed on a New York City subway train full of morning commuters, train driver David Artis said his first indication something was wrong was when passengers crowded near his cab door to report the chaos

The Independent UK · Apr 15, 2022

Subway shooting heightens NYC mayor's focus on rising crime

Mayor Eric Adams, a former New York City police captain, took office this year with a central focus on making the city feel safe and trying to return it to some sense of normalcy post-pandemic

The Independent UK · Apr 14, 2022

Cannabis Greenhouses On New York City Public Housing Rooftops? What Is Mayor Adams Thinking?

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is considering allowing cannabis cultivation in greenhouses on the rooftops of public housing buildings, a proposal that’s not likely to go down well with tenants of the buildings nor the federal government that funds them.

Benzinga · Apr 14, 2022

Suspect Faces Terror Charge over New York Subway Shooting

A 62-year-old man accused of shooting 10 people and setting off smoke bombs on the New York subway was taken into custody Wednesday and faces a federal terror charge. Frank James -- who is suspected of detonating two smoke canisters on the train as it pulled into a Brooklyn station,…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 14, 2022

Suspect in New York City subway shooting arrested, charged with terrorism

US authorities on Wednesday arrested the man suspected of setting off smoke bombs and shooting 10 passengers in a New York City subway car, Mayor Eric Adams said, capping a manhunt that has renewed fears of violence in the city's transit system.

France 24 · Apr 13, 2022

‘I’m full of hate, anger, and bitterness’: Brooklyn subway suspect Frank James wanted ‘more mass shootings’ but was afraid of prison

‘There has to be more mass shootings,’ Mr James said in one of hundreds of online posts. ‘It’s not about the shooter, it’s about the environment in which he is, he has to exist.’

The Independent UK · Apr 13, 2022

"We got him": Brooklyn subway shooting suspect captured in Manhattan

"My fellow New Yorkers, we got him," said New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

Axios · Apr 13, 2022

‘We got him’: Brooklyn subway shooting suspect Frank James has been arrested

62-year-old was taken into custody in NYC’s East Village on Wednesday afternoon

The Independent UK · Apr 13, 2022