city that never sleeps to the joy of opponents. eric adams is with the elites, the suites, the tiktok bars. come on, eric, come back. come back to the streets and subways. i am the american dream. reporter: back on the street where he grew up as he thinks about running the city, he also thinks of his mom who worried about him as he struggled with undiagnosed dyslexia. she said i pray for you. out of all of my children, i pray the hardest for you. reporter: she died earlier this year leaving behind her well worn and annotated bible. it almost became an anchor because there were days we had nothing but prayer. this is the bible that i m going to place my hands on when i m sworn in. reporter: adams becomes mayor after beating a slew of more progressive democrats in the new york primary by given the
wealth of the nearby hamptons, and the night life in the city that never sleeps to the joy of photographers and his opponents. eric adams is with the elites, the suites, the tiktok girls, trying to live up to the kardashians at club zero. come on, eric. come back. come back to the streets and subways. i am the american dream. reporter: back on the street where he grew up as he thinks about running the city, he also thinks of his mom who worried about him as he struggled with undiagnosed dyslexia. she said i pray for you. out of all of my children, i pray the hardest for you. reporter: she died earlier this year leaving behind her well worn and annotated bible. it almost became an anchor because there were days we had nothing but prayer. this is the bible that i m going to place my hands on when i m sworn in. reporter: adams becomes mayor after beating a slew of more progressive democrats in the new
come on, eric. come back. come back to the streets and the subways. i am the american dream. reporter: back on the street where he grew up as he thinks about running the city. he also thinks of his mom who worried about him as he struggled with undiagnosed dyslexia. just always said, i just prayed for you, all of my children, i just prayed the hardest for you. reporter: she died earlier this year, leaving behind her well-worn and annotated bible. it almost became an anchor because there were days we had nothing but prayer. this is the bible that i m going to place my hands on when i m sworn in. now adams becomes mayor after beating a slew of more progressive democrats in the new york primary. and given the disappointments for democrats last night, adams playbook could really become the tempalate for a party searching for success in 2022. it could be a clue, right? law and order candidate.
and i have my opinion. and i m going to let people know how i feel all the time. no silent suffering from me. reporter: adams glides easily between new york s boroughs. the wealth of the nearby hampton s and the nightlife in the city that never sleeps to the joy of photographers and his opponents. eric adams is with the elites, the tiktok girls, trying to sort of live up to the kardashians at club zero. come on, eric. come back. come back to the streets and the subways. i am the american dream. reporter: back on the street where he grew up, as he thinks about running the city, he also thinks of his mom who worried about him as he struggled with undiagnosed dyslexia. just always said, you know, i just pray for you out of all my children, i just prayed the hardest for you. she died earlier-this year, leaving behind her well-worn and annotated bible. became an anchor because there were days we had nothing
it makes it difficult to investigate crimes that we want to investigate. we had a full-time traffic unit, we had a full-time narcotics unit, we had a full-time k-9 unit, all three of those were folded back into patrol. reporter: city leaders are betting that pumping money into community-based groups like the pioc part of the office of violence prevention will take some of the burden off the police force. we have clearly a gun violence problem in our community, we have a homicide problem in our community and the community should expect that we will have adequate resources, that s the tools, the training and the personnel. reporter: back on the street the outreach team meets up with a community member they are hoping to help with their services. have you experienced any gun violence? i just got shot in my hand, right there, actually. when police officers talk to you do they even come to you with that openness that he came to you with? they try to tell you what you need to