New York City Mayor Eric Adams called out a woman for treating him like 'someone that's on the plantation that you own' during a town hall meeting Wednesday night.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams accused a white woman complaining about rent increases of treating him like"someone that's on the plantation that you own."
The incident took place on Wednesday evening at a"Talk with Eric" town hall in Washington Heights, Manhattan.in January 2022, after being elected the previous November, making him just the second Black man to have held the post. During the town hall an elderly woman asked Adams why New Yorkers had experienced"horrible rent increases last year and this year," while repeatedly and angrily pointing at him.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks at the Tribeca Festival opening night reception in New York City on June 7, 2023. During a town hall on Wednesday, Adams accused a woman of treating him like"someone that's on the plantation that you own."Adams replied:"First if you're going to ask a question don't point at me and don't be disrespectful to me. I'm the mayor of this city and treat me with the respect [which] I deserve to be treated.
"Give me the respect I deserve and engage in a conversation…treat me with the same level of respect I treat you. So don't be pointing at me, don't be disrespectful to me, speak to me as an adult because I'm a grown man.His comments sparked applause from some attendees, but a more mixed response online.went off on a woman during his town hall tonight:"I'm the mayor of this city and treat me with the respect that would deserve to be treated.
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