Former NYC Police Capt. Eric Adams wins city's mayoral election

Adams easily beat GOP candidate Curtis Sliwa with a tough-on-crime platform
Eric Adams, New York City Democratic mayoral candidate.
By Natalia Mittelstadt

November 2, 2021 9:28pm

Updated: November 2, 2021 10:14pm

Former New York Police Department captain Eric Adams won New York City's mayoral election Tuesday.

The Democratic candidate campaigned and won the party's primary with a tough-on-crime platform. He beat GOP candidate and Guardian Angels anti-crime patrol founder Curtis Sliwa before even half the votes were counted, 66.5% with 370,201 votes to 28.9% with 160,735 votes as of 10:06 p.m., according to the New York Daily News.

Adams is the president of Brooklyn Borough and will be the city's second black mayor.