New York City Mayor Eric Adams made his first public appearance in a week at the 2025 Annual Interfaith Breakfast, addressing rumors of his resignation amidst federal criminal charges. Adams denied the allegations, maintaining his innocence and emphasizing his commitment to his role as mayor.
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“Yes, I’m the mayor. Yes, I was the first Black borough president. Yes, I was a state senator. Yes, I was a police captain. Folks, that’s my glory; that is not my story,” said Adams. “My story fortifies me. And yes, last week was a scary week for me. It was hard. I’m not going to lie to you. And you got to trust in God, there are moments — and I’m not giving a speech, I’m talking to you because you’ve been with me — there are moments where God has to be real.”that senior U.S.
Adams’s arrival at the breakfast was his first real public appearance in about a week, due to an undisclosed illness, according to his office. He has never been shy about expressing hisThe last time he had been in the limelight was his attendance at Trump’s second inauguration and his lengthy interview at Gracie Mansion with former Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson, none of which exactly painted the mayor as a loyal Democrat.
Gilford Monrose, executive director of the Mayor’s Office of Faith-Based and Community Partnership , lead pastor at Mt. Zion Church of God Seventh Day in East Flatbush, and previously Adams’s faith director in the borough president’s office, said he hadn’t heard anything on the news about the DOJ and Adams’s case, and that “the lawyers deal with that.”
“Mostly today is a thank you for faith leaders who have done an amazing job in their local communities, and it’s a way for us to just be together in a room and pause for a minute to take a collective breath,” added Monrose. “So much is happening in our city, so much is happening in our country. People have anxiety. We’re hoping to be able to share a collective moment of prayer.”' Publisher and my father, Wilbert"Bill" Tatum, before me.
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