Who Are Eric Adams’s Key Players? An Election Night Photo Is Symbolic & Revealing

WNYC News | Nov 15, 2021

As the timeworn adage goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. In the case of political images, they are an exercise in stagecraft. Similar to former Mayor David Dinkins’s “gorgeous mosaic” metaphor, Eric Adams's team assembled an array of races, ethnicities, and religions around the new mayor-elect. Not everyone who is a part of Adams’s inner circle made the final victory shot on Election Night, but many of them did. Some were old friends and allies who had lifted him up, while others may simply have hopes of hitching a ride on his winning coattails.

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