Mayor Eric Adams receives poor ratings from New York City residents, Siena poll shows
NEW YORK — The honeymoon could also be over for Mayor Eric Adams.
A brand new poll suggests New Yorkers like his swagger all proper, however they’re turning a giant thumb’s down on how he is working issues.
As CBS2’s Marcia Kramer reported Tuesday, falling poll numbers are nothing new for anybody who occupies Gracie Mansion. Just ask Bill de Blasio, Michael Bloomberg, and all the opposite mayors who preceded them.
Adams ran for mayor on the promise of constructing the town protected once more, however from the very starting it has confirmed to be a tough process.
During his first month on the job, an 11-month-old child was shot within the cheek, caught within the crossfire of a Bronx gun battle, a 19-year-old Burger King worker was killed by an armed robber, and two cops had been killed, with the widow of slain Det. Jason Rivera crying over her lost love throughout a heart-wrenching eulogy.
“The system continued to fail us. We are not safe anymore,” Domonique Luzuriaga mentioned again on Jan. 28.
And regardless of a bunch of recent police actions, the Adams administration has continued to be whipsawed by violence, together with the Sunset Park subway capturing, the homicide on the Q practice, a 27-year-old was shot within the head final month.
“When is this going to stop? When is somebody going to do something?” one individual informed CBS2’s Lisa Rozner again on May 1.
Political consultants say its no surprise {that a} new Siena College poll provides Mayor Adams a 29 % job approval score.
“It seems like almost every week we’re hearing a new story of an innocent bystander getting killed, you know, in broad daylight, many times and so I think people are scared right now. It’s driving a fear and dissatisfaction right now on how City Hall is handling crime,” political guide Javier Lacayo mentioned.
The poll numbers clearly mirror that.
- 70 % say they really feel much less protected than earlier than the pandemic
- 76 % say they care involved they are going to be a sufferer of a violent crime
But it isn’t a complete blowout for the mayor. Many New Yorkers help key initiatives of his fledgling mayoralty.
- 85 % help extra cops on the subway
- 63 % help metallic detectors at subway entrances
- 60 % help breaking apart homeless encampments
- 67 % help retaining the Gifted and Talented Program
- 53 % like his model
Adams insists he is going to have the ability to maintain his promise to make the streets protected.
“We’re going to turn around this city in crime. I know that and New Yorkers are going to start not only being safe, they are going to feel safe,” Adams mentioned.
Falling poll numbers appear to be an affliction that comes with the job. A June 2019 poll, for instance, gave de Blasio the identical 29 % approval score as Adams.
