Mayor Eric Adams is reportedly avoiding President Biden during his go to to New York City this week, as the connection between the 2 Democrats has been broken as a result of migrant crisis.
Adams’ packed schedule Monday included sitting down with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson to debate methods to fight gun violence, welcoming Sierre Leone President Julius Maada Bio to speak about ties to New York City’s rising African neighborhood and assembly with Seoul, South Korea Mayor Oh Se-hoon to signal a so-called “Sister Cities Agreement.” He additionally participated in a roundtable with Pakistani leaders, however Adams scheduled no time to fulfill with Biden, Politico reported.
Biden is anticipated to handle the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday morning. Adams was invited however possible won’t attend Biden’s marketing campaign fundraiser or reception on the Metropolitan Museum of Art Tuesday, two sources conversant in the matter informed Politico.
The mayor’s public schedule Monday additionally didn’t say Adams would attend two different marketing campaign receptions Biden was anticipated to attend, one with Black enterprise leaders and a second that includes Broadway headliners, based on the outlet.
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FILE – President Joe Biden walks down the steps of Air Force One at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Sept. 17, 2023. Biden is in New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly and fundraisers. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
“It just means that the two of them are trying to avoid exacerbating an already tense situation,” a City Hall adviser, who spoke on situation of anonymity, informed Politico. White House aides informed the outlet that no assembly between Adams and Biden was on the agenda during the New York go to.
“You know I don’t do those private conversations,” Adams mentioned Monday, dodging a reporter’s query about whether or not he tried to fulfill with Biden whereas the president was on the town.
“We always look forward to any conversation that can help deliver the critical support and relief that asylum seekers, longtime New Yorkers and all Americans deserve,” Adams’ spokesperson added.
Fox News Digital reached out to the White House and the mayor’s workplace for remark, however neither instantly responded.
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams is reportedly avoiding President Biden during his trip to the Big Apple. (Getty Images)
The present state of affairs is a stark distinction to this time final 12 months when Adams and Biden have been seen collectively at Democratic fundraiser and on the United Nations General Assembly’s marquee reception. Adams and Biden reportedly haven’t been seen collectively since January, during the president’s go to to New York relating to his Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Hudson Tunnel practice mission.
Adams, who as soon as dubbed himself the “Biden of Brooklyn,” has been more and more crucial of the federal authorities’s dealing with of the migrant crisis, as he calls for the Biden administration grant work authorization and different help to the roughly 110,000 migrants who’ve arrived in New York City to date.
Eric Adams sat down with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson to debate methods to fight gun violence, the mayor’s workplace mentioned Monday. (NYC Mayor’s Office)
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“If we don’t receive help from the federal government and additional help from the state government, then this is going to come from somewhere, and it’s going to hurt low-income New Yorkers,” Adams mentioned during an look on MSNBC Sunday night.
