On Thursday, embattled Mayor Eric Adams got an earful from average New Yorkers when he jeered, “It's embarrassing for black people,” as he rallied with supporters outside Gracie Mansion.
“Next to Sean “P. Diddy” Combs, you should be in jail without bail,” one protester shouted. “You force the police on people. You resign. You are a disgrace and a disgrace to black people.”
Another demonstrator, part of a group of hecklers who taunted Adams and former NAACP president Hazel Dukes, called the mayor a “nothing.”
“Our voice is louder than yours,” the woman cried. “You're paying politicians who don't care about the people,” she said.
The raucous comments come as Mr. Adams is hit with a 57-page federal indictment accusing him of accepting $10 million in bribes and perks.
Adams stood alongside Dukes and other civil rights leaders, including Herbert Daughtry and Chantelle Wright.
But a crowd of detractors marred the event, with one heckler calling Dukes a “political pawn.”
“I'm always on the side of the police until they come after me,” one man shouted.
When Dukes suggested, “We're not here to criticize,” one demonstrator responded, “That's right!”
Adams tried to calm the crowd but was yelled at.
