Eric Adams is no longer the mayor of New York City. He is yesterday's news, a private citizen, drinking scotch, smoking cigars, and fighting antisemitism with cryptocurrency technology.
But like the action-movie hero who blows up the headquarters as he walks away without turning around, Adams spent his final days in office doing his very best to ratfuck his successor, Zohran Mamdani, by erecting obstacles to Mamdani's agenda and tossing sand and chewing gum into the gearworks of City government.
Read on to find out what exactly Adams did—and what Mamdani could do in response.
One Final Charter Revision Commission
Back in November, we heard rumblings that Mayor Adams was going to do the unthinkable: appoint yet another charter revision commission—his third—to propose more ballot measures for voters to weigh in on in an upcoming general election.