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NYC mayor gives eyebrow-raising

retort after protester screams, 'F---
you, a--hole'
'One should be happy if someone wants to make love to them,' Eric Adams said without explanation

By Thomas Catenacci | Fox News

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Heckler swears at New York Mayor Eric Adams

A heckler hurled obscenities at New York Mayor Eric Adams, accusing him of screwing over homeless people.

Democratic New York City Mayor Eric Adams offered a bizarre response after a woman
appeared to curse him out over his treatment of homeless people on Monday.

After a woman, who appeared to be protesting, screamed obscenities at Adams, the New
York City mayor responded that "one should be happy" if another person wants to "make
love to them." The eyebrow-raising exchange came during a press conference Adams
hosted to unveil his efforts to remove scaffolding from city streets and kickstart a
recovery of the city's business district.

"F--- you, a--hole!" the protester appeared to say during the press conference Monday.

"She said I'm messing with homeless people," Adams responded, chuckling. "One should
be happy if someone wants to make love to them. You know?"

NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS BERATES WOMAN AFTER QUESTION ABOUT HIGH RENT: ‘I’M
A GROWN MAN’

Mayor Eric Adams laughs while a woman screams obscenities at him during the event Monday. (NYC Mayor's
Office/YouTube)

Adams didn't explain what he meant, instead taking a question from a reporter on an
unrelated topic. His office didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.

New York City continues to experience rising homelessness that is at its highest level
since the Great Depression of the 1930s, according to the Coalition for the Homeless. As
of December 2022, there were 68,884 homeless people, including 21,805 children, housed
in New York City’s main shelter system.

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The press conference Monday comes less than a month after Adams was criticized over
his similarly-bizarre response to a woman concerned about high rent prices. That woman
interrupted Adams during a town hall event in June to accuse the mayor of raising New
York City rent and supporting increases

"Ifyou are going to ask a question, don't point at me and don't be disrespectful to me,"
Adams told the woman. "I'm the mayor of the city. Treat me with the respect I deserve to
be treated. I'm speaking to you as an adult. Don't stand in front like you treating someone
that's on the plantation that you own. Give me the respect I deserve and engage in the
conversation up here in Washington Heights."

"Treat me with the same level of respect I treat you," Adams continued. "So, don't be
pointing at me, don't be disrespectful to me. Speak with me as an adult because I'm a
grown man. I walked into this room as a grown man, and I'll walk out of this room as a
grown man. I answered your question."

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On June 21, the New York City Rent Guidelines Board announced recommendations
paving the way for landlords to increase rents by 3% this year. Adams endorsed the
board's decision, saying it found the "right balance."

Itwas later revealed the woman Adams compared to a plantation owner was housing
activist Jeanie Dubnau whose family fled to New York City from Nazi Germany in the mid-

Thomas Catenacci is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.

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