Star snaps: Mayor Eric Adams spotted riding NYC subway amid soaring crime
Mayor Eric Adams took to the 6 train Monday to show support for everyday commuters amid a recent spate of violent incidents in the city’s subway system.
Adams was spotted clutching what appeared to be an iPad and his trademark smoothie as he made his way to City Hall on public transport.
And snapping his journey was none other than British popstar Lily Allen.
Taking to her Instagram Story, the “Smile” hitmaker, who is married to “Stranger Things” star David Harbour, did some celebrity spotting herself on Monday.
“Oh hai Eric Adams @nycmayor on the 6,” she wrote alongside the snap of Adams, showing him looking up.
The mayor’s MTA ride comes as he’s faced mounting pressure to act on soaring transit crime plaguing the city.
The mayor initially blamed the news media for fueling a “perception” that New York City and its massive subway system are unsafe, despite violent crime rising to 39% in August citywide compared to 2019, according to NYPD.
Adams over the weekend held a summit on crime at Gracie Mansion but offered few details for concrete action afterwards.
“Any time we engage in this conversation around the criminal justice system, people highlight one term, and that is ‘bail reform,’” the mayor said. “There are so many other aspects of the justice system that we were able to talk through and discuss.”
The mayor was accused of not doing enough to curb the spike in crime rates by none other than the grieving mom of a straphanger who was randomly shoved onto Brooklyn subway tracks and was left traumatized to the point of being suicidal.
Audrey Martin, whose son David Martin, a 32-year-old Upper East Side waiter, suffered a broken collarbone and painful bruises in the Friday afternoon attack on an L train platform, railed to The Post, “Mayor Adams is completely not in touch with what’s going on.”
“More cops? He’s wrong,” she continued, referring to the plan touted by Adams to flood the underground with additional NYPD and MTA cops on overtime to try to stem the terrifying bloodshed.
“This is a mental health issue,” she said. “We are not addressing the issue. More overtime is not the answer.”
“Mayor Adams was a cop. He should know better. It’s all grandstanding. We have a city under crisis. We have a mental health crisis,” she added.
The mayor and governor’s plan includes new 25-bed units at two local psychiatric facilities for mentally ill homeless individuals. It also calls for cops and other first responders to receive training on how to best transport the mentally ill from subways to psychiatric care.