Eric Adams: Zohran Mamdani Is an ‘Academic Elitist Who Didn’t Get a Job Until He Was 29’

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ADAMS: “Well, I — you know, I can speak to who I am. I condemn that phrase and I’m clear on what it is. Listen, Mamdani is an academic elitist. Great things that he stated on paper — free, free, free — those are great philosophical things, but when it comes down to governing the city and balancing the budget and ensuring that you can create the environment that we have of more jobs in the city’s history, you’re seeing how we have made it safe on our subway system and above ground, what we’re doing in education, that’s what it’s going to come down to. And this academic elitist, a person who didn’t get a job until he was 29, which was, you know, basically financially supported by his parents. This is about running the most important financial institution in our country, if not the globe, and that’s New York. And that’s what we need to be focused on.”