New York City Mayor Eric Adams is working to have his parenting advice book removed from circulation because it contains inaccurate accounts of his own childhood.
Adams claims that the anecdote about him firing a gun at a group of friends at school never actually happened, even though it is included in his book, Don't Let It Happen.
“I pointed what I thought was a toy gun at a group of friends and pulled the trigger,” Adams wrote in the book. “The bullet was fired, and only by the grace of God and my poor aim, the bullet missed my friend. The event scared me so much that I dropped the gun and ran.”
New York City Mayor Eric Adams admits some immigrants committed crimes: 'There was a pattern of robberies'
New York City Mayor Eric Adams attends a press conference in New York City. (Spencer Pratt/Getty Images)
At a press conference where he challenged his book, the New York City mayor said the novel was included in the final book due to lack of oversight.
“The co-authors of this book may have misunderstood,” Adams said Monday.
“There was an incident at school where someone pointed what appeared to be a toy gun,” he continued. “The book never went to print because it never went through the proofreading stage.”
New York City plunges into 'chaos' and 'anger' as Mayor Eric Adams loses confidence over immigration crisis: Report
“Don't Let It Happen” aims to guide parents to recognize when their children are engaging in dangerous behavior. In his preface, Adams declared, “Everything that happens in this book is true.''
The mayor's office said it was working to remove the book from circulation due to inaccurate text.
“The mayor has already contacted the publisher, and the publisher is working to remove this book from circulation,” spokesman Charles Rutbach told reporters in an email.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams responded to a question about a passage from his book “Don't Let It Happen” at a press conference Monday, saying the depiction of a man firing a gun into a group of friends at a school was not accurate. (Spencer Pratt/Getty Images)
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
The controversial passage came to light when the literary magazine Byline unearthed the book earlier this month.
“Don’t Let It Happen” is still available for purchase on Amazon at the time of this report.
