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Mayor Adams broke bread with a crew of loiterers and alleged drug dealers who have been using a
Burger King blocks from City Hall as their headquarters, a witness to the unusual Whopper summit told
The Post.

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The day after The Post exposed the rowdy miscreants who prompted a fed-up resident to file a $15 million responsibility
lawsuit against the fast food joint , Adams rolled up to 106 Fulton St. in a black suburban last Sunday at
about 2 p.m. He walked inside the Burger King, then emerged and invited the group of alleged dealers 51,286
inside, the witness said.

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Mayor Adams spent about an hour inside the Burger King, according to a witness.

“They sat there for a solid hour,” the witness said.

Nearly half a dozen officers from the nearby First Precinct were also on hand, preventing passersby from
taking pictures, the witness claimed.

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But a surreptitiously-taken snap provided to The Post shows Adams inside the Burger King. His assistant
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After the powwow, Adams and the loiterers walked outside, where Hizzoner could then be heard telling shows
one of his assistants to find the group “something within the service that can help them,” the witness said.
It’s unclear what the mayor meant.

One of the crew then offered the mayor some of his wares, as a police captain stood next to him.

“The behavior described in the complaints at the Burger King on Fulton Street will not be tolerated,” a City Hall
spokesperson has said.
J.C. Rice

A resident claimed in a lawsuit the group hanging inside and outside Burger King had turned it into an “open-air drug
bazaar.”
Daniel William McKnight

“No weed for you, sir?” the witness heard.

“Eh, pass,” Adams replied, according to the witness.

The crew was apparently thrilled by the mayor’s unexpected visit.

“Someone walked by and heard them say, ‘Our stock just went up,'” a second neighbor told The Post.

Locals were not as impressed.

“It’s ridiculous. We’re complaining about the craziness out there, and [Adams] went and hung out with
them for an hour. Crazy,” the second resident raged.

A City Hall spokesperson noted overall crime in the First Precinct, which includes the Burger King, was
down 8.2% from a year ago, before declaring, “The behavior described in the complaints at the Burger
King on Fulton Street will not be tolerated.”

The spokesperson ignored questions about the alleged dealers Adams met with, if he offered them jobs,
and what was said — or if he intends to meet with concerned residents.

Numerous officers standing outside the Burger King this week, days after Mayor Adams paid a surprise visit.
Helayne Seidman

“Mayor Adams personally stopped by this past weekend to see the situation on the ground and hear from
employees, patrons, and locals. The 1st Precinct has been and will continue to be responsive to
community complaints,” the spokesperson said.

For months, the group of more than half a dozen people have set up shop in and around the BK,
sometimes harassing passersby as they knock back booze, peddle pot and loosies, and make life
miserable for those who own the multi-million apartments on the block, residents said.

The Burger King has allowed the clan to conduct an “open-air drug bazaar,” turning life on Fulton Street
into a “nightmare,” according to the Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit filed earlier this month.

The NYPD has made more than 600 patrols and community visits to the block since 2023, with two
arrests. There have been 143 calls to 911 regarding the Burger King’s address since Jan. 1, 2023 —
though police wouldn’t provide further details.

“The police have been great but they can only do so much,” the resident said.

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JJTex
2 hours ago
Everyone complaining about the activity will still be voting D, in the next election, so,
no sympathy.
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Toolie FourForty
2 hours ago
Most likely the only ones complaining here are Conservatives that voted for others.The
Democrats are loving what they have created.
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Jonyc
2 hours ago
Yup don’t feel bad for liberals when reading the paper.
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New York truth

1 hour ago
Loitering and selling drugs is a crime. Mayor Adams must have forgotten that or doesn't care. If
t's a crime, just as change of pace, make some arrest. If there is any conviction, put individuals
prison and make them pay a fine. This fear of attacking crime just makes the city dangerous
di...
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LyinDems
44 minutes ago
loitering and selling drugs was a crime...not anymore. adams was there seeing if they
start letting the ill egals in on the action.
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Debatable
2 hours ago
It's exactly this kind of thing that tells me we need a military takeover of NY State and NY City.
kind of mayor thinks this is a good idea?
We need National Guard and Marines to round them all up from Hochul on down and then we
a lot of things steam cleaned.
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Joe Blow
2 hours ago
What a great idea, NOT. Worry about the free range mental asylum, we’re good out east.
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Oldsalty EWC Squid

46 minutes ago
NY NG can be used, USMC single job is to destroy things not law enforcement, just like
he rest of DoD, it's not nation building nor giving out aid or what ever they might call the
haiti op, peacekeeping?
NYC is lost, not enough space to house all the criminals. That is even if NY could

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