An exchange at the mayor's town hall Wednesday night has gained millions of views. In it, Eric Adams commands a woman questioning him on housing affordability to 'give me the respect I deserve.'
An exchange between Adams and a woman at the Wednesday meeting in Washington Heights had garnered several million views by the next day. In it, the mayor fires back after pressed by the woman about his role in the Rent Guidelines Board's move last month to raise rents.
"Why in New York City, where the real estate is controlling you, Mr. Mayor, why are we having these horrible rent increases this year and last?" she yelled at the mayor from across the gymnasium.Get Tri-state area news and weather forecasts to your inbox."First, if you're gonna ask a question, don't point at me and don't be disrespectful to me. I'm the mayor of this city, and treat me with the respect that I deserve to be treated.
That reply gained him a bit of applause from people in the room, according to video recording of the town hall. Adams continued: "Don't stand in front like you treated someone that's on the plantation that you own. Give me the respect I deserve, and engage in the conversation. Up here in Washington Heights, treat me with the same level of respect I treat you. So don't be pointing at me, don't be disrespectful to me, speak with me as an adult, because I'm a grown man. I walked into this room as a grown man, and I'm gonna walk out of this room as a grown man. I answered your question.
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