Eric Adams hasn't been making many appearances around the city lately. This has led some pretty even-tempered columnists to wonder if we even have a mayor. And when Adams is around, he's not saying all that much about anything—he refuses to criticize the president for dismantling the federal government, he takes quick exits when pressed on hard issues, and oh, yeah, he's not really giving a clear answer on what the hell happened last week when he disappeared for three days.
On Wednesday, Adams took a break from his relentless campaign to escape federal prosecution to have his first press conference with reporters since his mostly unexplained "health-related absence" last week. What happened? What was the mayor doing?