New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, was booed at a Brooklyn Pride parade over recent appointments of two pastors who apologized for past remarks on same-sex marriage.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams
The New York Post reported that some attendees yelled profanities at Adams and flipped him the middle finger. One person reportedly shouted,"Shame on Salgado! Shame on Adams!" referring to Rev. Erick Salgado, whom Adams appointed in February to lead the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs.
and Equality New York – issued a statement earlier this month announcing that they would boycott Adams’ Pride reception hosted at Gracie Mansion over his appointments of Salgado and another pastor, Fernando Cabrera. and a former City Council member, was appointed in February as the senior adviser to the mayor’s new Office of Faith-Based and Community Partnerships.
, which the mayor recently credited for helping to drive down gun violence through targeted gang takedowns in the past few weeks. The unit was disbanded in 2020 by his predecessor Bill de Blasio.
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