Eric Adams, the outgoing New York City mayor, was asked on Friday during an ABC interview at Gracie Mansion what advice he has for Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect.

“You’re the mayor now, and it can’t be merely listening to the extremism of his party, like the Democratic Socialists of America, who never governed anything,” Adams told Bill Ritter, of the network. “You are now the mayor. You have to make tough decisions, and if you believe that you could just push those decisions to the side, it’s not going to happen.”

The mayor told ABC that it was “smart” for Mamdani to say he would retain Jessica Tisch as commissioner of the New York City Police Department.

“She’s doing a good job. Under all my commissioners, crime has gone down, under all of them. Let’s clearly understand that. S

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