Adams beat GOP candidate Curtis Sliwa, who founded the 1970s-era anti-crime patrol, the Guardian Angels.
Eric Adams, a former NYPD captain and Brooklyn borough president, will be the next to lead New York City, becoming the city's second Black mayor, NBC News projects.
New York democratic mayoral candidate Eric Adams speaks to the media and supporters upon leaving a voting center after casting his ballot, in Brooklyn, New York on November 2, 2021., will be the next to lead New York City, becoming the city's second Black mayor, NBC News projects. Adams previously defeated a slew of candidates in the city's Democratic primary in June, running as a tough-on-crime moderate after the city became an epicenter of protests against police brutality in the wake of George Floyd's death.
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