Mayor Eric Adams is taking a victory lap on his way out of Gracie Mansion, touting the 130,000 potential new apartments his administration paved the way for in just one term.
“The record does not lie,” Adams told The Post.
But the record is far from spotless. Adams’ administration was plagued by corruption scandals, which saw several of his allies charged for bribery, campaign finance violations and obstruction, and resulted in a now-dismissed federal corruption case against Adams himself.
(Adams called the corruption charges “entirely false,” but that couldn’t save his rock-bottom approval ratings. Adams abandoned his reelection bid in late September.)
Still, the outgoing mayor frequently praises his time in office as “the most pro-housing administration in the history of New York Cit

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