The mayor watched the inauguration ceremony from the screens of the Capitol’s Emancipation Hall, which served as the designated overflow room.

Hizzoner likened himself to Martin Luther King Jr. on Tuesday as he defended bailing on events commemorating the civil rights icon to trek Washington, DC, to hail the new chief. He claimed MLK, like himself, would have set “partisan politics” aside to show support for the incoming president.

After putting out a press schedule at midnight last night showing events in NYC for MLK Day, Mayor Eric Adams’ office basically did a bait and switch 8 hours later by canceling the entire sked and updating it to say he’s going to the inauguration pic.twitter.com/KEgsVtgnnk

Mayor Eric Adams is defending his decision to attend the inauguration​, even though he canceled appearances at several Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day events.

Organizations across the NYC area are marking MLK Day with special events honoring the civil rights leader's legacy.

New York Mayor Eric Adams faced criticism after he cancelled MLK Day appearances to go to Donald Trump’s inauguration.

An invitation from the Trump Administration to attend the presidential inauguration arrived for Mayor Adams sometime after midnight and he headed to DC overnight.

If he did something to you, I can baptize you again,” the civil rights leader said to laughs. “I might have to put you down in the water this time.”

New York City Mayor Eric Adams sat for a taped interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, blasting former President Joe Biden.

After two years of an increase in arrivals of migrants and asylum seekers to New York City, migration funding and policies were already a sore spot between Mayor Eric Adams and City Council. Well before President Donald Trump’s return to the White House, words were said, fears were stoked — and people were right to be worried.

Federal operations in New York City could look different than they did in Trump's first term as his administration prepares to execute his vision of the "largest deportation operation in American history.