Just hours after being sworn in, NYC’s new mayor dials 9-1-1 to report violence

Democratic New York City Mayor Eric Adams began his first day in office Saturday, calling 911 to report a brawl in a Brooklyn train station.

Hours after being sworn in shortly after midnight, Adams was standing on a platform of the J train subway station when he noticed three men arguing among themselves, according to the New York Post. Adams was en route to City Hall in Manhattan and appeared to be traveling without a security detail, accompanied only by journalists, the Post reported.

Within what Adams said was “only a matter of time,” the three men’s argument turned into a fistfight. The escalation prompted the freshly minted mayor to dial 911, reporting “an assault in progress of three males,” according to the newspaper. Adam had to clarify that it was an “assault in progress” not a “past assault,” after the emergency service operator misunderstood him.

Police officers arrived in two squad cars five minutes after the phone call, the Post reported. But by then, the men who were in the scuffle left. Eventually, the cops left as well, without probing into what had occurred. The officers should have “made inquiries,” Adams said, according to the Post.

The mayor is a retired police captain who had served in the New York City Transit Police and the New York City Police Department for over 20 years. – READ MORE