Andrew Yang accused Eric Adams of secretly living in New Jersey and Maya Wiley refused to commit to keeping the police armed during a televised debate
NEW YORK — Mayoral candidate Andrew Yang accused frontrunner Eric Adams of secretly living in New Jersey and contender Maya Wiley refused to commit to keeping the police armed during a CBS televised debate Thursday, 12 days before voters head to the polls.detailing inconsistencies on official documents regarding the Brooklyn borough president’s permanent address and the unusual hours he keeps in his government office at Borough Hall.
Adams has said he lives in the basement unit of his Bedford-Stuyvesant row house, and on Wednesday allowed reporters to inspect his windowless bedroom and cluttered quarters to prove his residency. During the debate, he used the opportunity to tout his humble roots and workaholic approach. Wiley, an attorney who worked as Mayor Bill de Blasio’s government lawyer for two years before heading his police accountability panel, would not commit to allowing police officers to keep guns.
The other four candidates — Adams, Yang, former sanitation commissioner Kathryn Garcia and City Comptroller Scott Stringer — agreed cops should be allowed to carry weapons.The candidates were in agreement on questions about regulating second-hand smoke from marijuana, changing streets named for slaveholders and not requiring bikes to have license plates.
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