Quotes from Eric Adams

I served in the NYPD for 22 years, and I can vividly recall trying to extract information from people who refused to cooperate.

If my son wanted to join the NYPD, I'd want him to have the same pathway to the middle class as I did.

We police in America in communities of color and economically challenging community, we police based on the behavior of the numerical minority that is committing crime. That small percentage of people who commit crimes in a community becomes the methods that's used for the entire community.

As we change our systems of voting, there will always be an adjustment period and any adjustments require robust educational campaigns.

We can save more lives with plant-based diet if people would only realize they are enslaved to fats, oil, sugar and things that are killing their body.

It doesn't matter if you are in Borough Park in the Hasidic community, if you're in Flatbush in the Korean community, if you're in Sunset Park in the Chinese community, if you're in Rockaway, if you're out in Queens, in the Dominican community, Washington Heights - all of you have the power to fuel us.

When I served in the state Senate, I led the charge with then-Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries to end the stop-and-frisk database, which kept the personal information of everyone stopped and frisked by the NYPD, even if they weren't arrested or issued a summons.

My mother cleaned houses. I washed dishes.

Computer science teaches and nurtures the type of thinking that 21st century citizens will need to address 21st century issues. We cannot know with any certainty what those challenges will be, but we can arm our students with the tools needed to address them.

If we truly are the greatest city in the greatest country on Earth, we cannot fail those facing the greatest need.

Computer science education is important.

Police officers must follow the rules to be able to question if there's reasonable suspicion that someone is carrying that firearm.

Men ignore symptoms all the time. I think we're hardwired just to suck it up. After being an athlete as a child, you play with pain, all of those little statements that coaches would say. And I internalized that.

We have to root out the weeds of hate and ensure it doesn't choke away the healthy flowers of diversity in our borough, city, and state.

Meal prep is so important and I do it once a week.

Left unchecked, diabetes can have a devastating impact on your body and can lead to blindness, heart disorder, kidney failure, limb amputation, as well as the possibility of lifelong dialysis.

As an early advocate for neighborhood policing, I've been heartened to see the tangible impact of police officers spending less time in their station houses and more time on our street corners, developing collaborative relationships with residents and businesses that help us fight and deter crime.

There were a number of reasons I decided to join the New York City Police Department back in 1984. I felt a calling to protect and serve my neighbors, and I wanted to reform negative departmental practices from within. On top of those factors, becoming a police officer gave me a pathway to the middle class.

I had nerve damage. It was going to lead to amputation. I had high blood pressure, high cholesterol.

I went from a D student to the dean's list.

If the city is safe, the mayor shouldn't have a security detail with him, he should be walking the street by himself.

If we want to get diabetes under control, we have to get our diets under control.

If you don't start targeting what's feeding crime then we are going to throw good money into a bad scenario.

You may have heard me say that I am going to create a safe, fair, affordable city for all New Yorkers. But you have probably heard other candidates say that before. What I want you to know is that those will be my priorities because those issues aren't political to me; they're personal.