‘Honeymoon Period’ Over For Mayor’s Approval, New Poll Finds
NEW YORK, NY — Mayor Eric Adams’ honeymoon with New Yorkers does not appear to have lasted very lengthy, in accordance with a brand new ballot.
A Siena College poll launched Tuesday has discovered that solely 29 % of New Yorkers assume the mayor is doing a great or glorious job main the town, whereas 64 % mentioned he is doing truthful or poorly, in accordance with the outcomes.
The outcomes do not bode properly this early within the mayor’s tenure, in accordance with ballot consultants.
“You would normally say that a newly elected chief executive has a honeymoon period,” Siena College Research Institute Director Don Levy mentioned. “Well, if he had it, it certainly seems to be over.”
The ballot, performed for NY1, discovered that New Yorkers have been most important of how Adams has dealt with homelessness and crime. Only 18 % rated the mayor pretty much as good or glorious on addressing homelessness, whereas solely 21 % gave him a great or glorious ranking on tackling crime, in accordance with the outcomes.
Crime has been prime of thoughts for each Adams and New Yorkers all through his tenure. The Siena ballot discovered that 76 % of metropolis dwellers surveyed are involved they’re going to be the sufferer of a violent crime.
Despite the mayor’s efforts to tamp down a criminal offense surge in his first six months in office — together with on the town’s subways — general crime continues to be up in comparison with final year. A serious focus of Adams’ administration, gun violence, has seen a slight drop within the final month, however continues to be properly above pre-pandemic ranges, knowledge reveals.
The mayor scored highest in the case of tourism, the place 43 % of New Yorkers mentioned he is doing a great or glorious job.
Around half of New Yorkers — 53 % — additionally permitted of the mayor’s “style” of management, in accordance with the ballot.
For his half, Adams’ office was fast to criticize NY1 for framing the outcomes as unfavourable for the mayor, arguing that those that rated the mayor as “fair” ought to depend towards his approval, not disapproval.
“Sorry, this is NYC, where ‘fair’ is a compliment!” wrote press secretary Fabien Levy. “
A good/excellent and fair/poor category breakdown is often used in public opinion polls, other reporters pointed out.
The Siena poll is not the first sign that Adams’ approval is slipping.
A Quinnipiac poll in May found that only 43 percent of New Yorkers approved of Adams’ general performance as mayor, with 37 percent disapproving and 20 percent not offering an opinion. The rating was a slight dip from February, when 46 percent of New Yorkers approved and only 27 percent disapproved, researchers noted.
