On 1st Day, NYC Mayor Urges Resiliency Against Pandemic

On 1st Day, NYC Mayor Urges Resiliency Against Pandemic
New York City Mayor Eric Adams hugs commuter Pauline Munemya, as he rides the subway to City Hall on his first day in office in New York, on Jan. 1, 2022. Seth Wenig/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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NEW YORK—New York City’s new mayor, Eric Adams, pledged Saturday to steer the nation’s largest city out of the pandemic by drawing on the resiliency of its people and promising a government that works better, even if it’s not radically different.

Hours after being sworn into office in Times Square as the city rang in the new year, Adams used his inaugural address to promise more efficiency, invoke New Yorkers’ reputation for toughness, and urge the city’s nearly 9 million residents to make a New Year’s resolution that their lives not be controlled by the pandemic.