Can Mayor Adams manage a crisis? Migrant arrivals pose a major test.

Mayor Eric Adams was embroiled in the throes of a humanitarian crisis unfolding on his watch. But when he addressed the television cameras last week, he drew on his trademark swagger.

“From 9/11 to the hurricanes, throughout my entire professional career, I had to manage crises,” said Adams, a former cop, Brooklyn borough president and state lawmaker, during a Fox 5 interview.

He added: “You know what I say to New Yorkers? Thank God I'm the mayor right now as we manage these difficult crises because it's something I had to do throughout my professional career as an adult.”

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