Eric Adams Says Fight Against Corruption Case “Vintage Eric” [Video]

New York Mayor Eric Adams looked back at his time as a police officer to explain why he’s fighting against the corruption charges brought against him.

On Tuesday, Adams held his weekly presser at City Hall, just hours after First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright resigned.

Mohamed Bahi, who ran Adams’s community affairs office, was also arrested Tuesday for witness tampering and destroying evidence.

While talking about the importance of continuing to do his job as the mayor while being indicted, Adams connected it to his career with the NYPD. In 1995, Adams co-founded the advocacy group 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care. The group focused on criminal justice reform and spoke out against police brutality.

According to Adams, that point in time demonstrated his willingness to continue fighting in the face of adversity:

Many people who are here, who are covering me, don’t know my history; and many of you do. Many of you …