POLITICSEric Adams: The New York City Mayor-elect's political career in photosUSA TODAYNew York City Democratic Mayor-elect Eric Adams gestures to supporters during his 2021 election victory night party at the Brooklyn Marriott on Nov. 2, 2021 in New York City.ANGELA WEISS, AFP Via Getty ImagesNew York democratic mayoral candidate Eric Adams prepares to cast his vote at a voting center in Brooklyn, New York, on Novembver 2, 2021.ED JONES, AFP Via Getty ImagesDemocratic NYC Mayoral candidate Eric Adams speaks during a Get Out the Vote rally at A. Philip Randolph Square in Harlem on November 1, 2021 in New York City.Michael M. Santiago, Getty ImagesNew York City mayoral candidate Eric Adams speaks during his election night party at Schimanski on June 22, 2021 in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn borough in New York City.Michael M. Santiago, Getty ImagesNew York City mayoral candidate Eric Adams votes during Primary Election Day at P.S. 81 on June 22, 2021 in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn borough in New York City.Michael M. Santiago, Getty ImagesRosalia Abelodo is embraced by New York City mayoral candidate Eric Adams after a press conference outside his campaign office on June 17, 2021 in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City.Michael M. Santiago, Getty ImagesNYC Mayoral candidate Eric Adams walks with supporters as he visits store owners after a Get Out the Vote Rally with Mexican-American business and community leaders on June 15, 2021 in the Sunset Park neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York City.Michael M. Santiago, Getty ImagesBrooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, who's running as a Democratic mayoral candidate, appears in Flushing, Queens to open a new campaign office on June 8, 2021 in the Queens borough of New York City.Spencer Platt, Getty ImagesBrooklyn Borough President Eric Adams makes an announcement about early voting, in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Sept. 1, 2020.Mark Lennihan/APBrooklyn Borough President Eric Adams looks on at a rally denouncing systemic racism in law enforcement and the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis Police officer in the borough of Brooklyn on June 3, 2020 in New York City.Scott Heins, Getty Imagesrooklyn Borough President Eric Adams speaks during protest against gun violence at Times Square in response to recent mass shooting in El Paso, Texas and Denton, Ohio on August 4, 2019 in New York City.Go Nakamura, Getty ImagesBrooklyn Borough President Eric Adams joins New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza at PS130, a Brooklyn public school, for an announcement about Meatless Monday's on March 11, 2019 in New York City.Spencer Platt, Getty ImagesFrom left, Tracy Morgan Jr., Megan Wollover, Maven Sonae Morgan, Tracy Morgan, and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams pose during the Tracy Morgan Keys To Brooklyn Ceremony at Brooklyn Borough Hall on November 9, 2018 in New York City.Bryan Bedder, Getty Images For TurnerBrooklyn Borough President Eric Adams holds a news conference regarding New York City's Midterm Elections polling stations issues on November 7, 2018 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.Alex Wroblewski, Getty ImagesBrooklyn Borough President Eric Adams attends Curlfest 2018 at Prospect Park on July 21, 2018 in New York City.Astrid Stawiarz, Getty Images For BETBrooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams, 'Captain America' and Editor-in-Chief, Marvel Comics Axel Alonso cut the ribbon during the Captain America statue ceremony at Prospect Park in Brooklyn, New York, on August 10, 2016.Angela Weiss, AFP Via Getty ImagesBrooklyn borough president Eric Adams speaks during a news conference alongside Civil rights attorney Norman Siegel, second from right, and Manhattan borough president Gale Brewer, right, before a march over the Brooklyn Bridge to mark the 50th anniversary of the landmark event of the civil rights movement in Selma, Ala., on Saturday, March 7, 2015, in New York.John Minchillo, APFrom left, VP of The Urban Investment Group at Goldman Sachs Margaret Anadu, NY State assembly member Rodneyse Bichotte, New York City District 40 council member Dr. Matthew Eugene, Brooklyn borough president Eric Adams, former Brooklyn borough president Marty Markowitz, and ACE president David Anderson attend the Kings Theatre ribbon-cutting ceremony at Kings Theatre on January 23, 2015 in New York City.Stephen Lovekin, Getty ImagesNew York Mayor Bill de Blasio visits Inner Force Early Childhood Learning Center at 1181 East New York Avenue on September 4, 2014 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.Pool, Getty ImagesNew York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (L), jokes with Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams after de Blasio unvailed his affordable housing plan on May 5, 2014 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.John Moore, Getty ImagesNewly elected Brooklyn borough president Eric Adams speaks at a tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Monday, Jan. 20, 2014.Seth Wenig, APActress Paige Price, Assembly Member Richard Gottfried, New York Senator Eric Adams and Assemblyman Rory Lancman attend the "Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark" on Broadway Safety Issues Press Conference at the Foxwoods Theater on December 23, 2010 in New York City.Jason Kempin, Getty ImagesNew York State Sen. Eric Adams, center, uses his cell for emphasis as he speaks during a news conference in New York, Friday June 5, 2009.Bebeto Matthews, APEric Adams, president of the organization "One Hundred Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care," holds a press conference in the wake of the previous days shootings of two students at Martin Luther King Jr. High School (in the background) January 16, 2002 in New York City.Andrew Serban, Getty ImagesLt. Eric Adams, founder of 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care, right, listens with Sgt. Noel Leader, president of the organization, to the testimony of a black police officer who hides his identity with a hooded sweatshirt and sunglasses at a City Council hearing about the NYPD's Street Crime Unit Monday, April 19, 1999, at New York's City Hall.DAVID KARP, Associated PressFeatured Weekly Ad