Mayor Eric Adams' office responds to New York Times report about photo of fallen NYPD officer

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Mayor Eric Adams' office responds to New York Times report about photo of fallen NYPD officer
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City Hall is criticizing a report in The New York Times​ involving Mayor Eric Adams​ and a fallen NYPD​ officer.

Adams has displayed a wallet-sized photo of Officer Robert Venable multiple times since taking office.that the photo was actually printed by a staffer and stained with coffee in the days after Adams claimed to have been carrying it.

A spokesperson for the mayor has released a statement saying,"It is disgusting that The New York Times has chosen to have Robert Venable's friends and family relive the tragic murder of a loved one for nothing more than feeding its obsession with dissecting every single moment of Mayor Adams' life."

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