Mayor Eric Adams took some newspaper shots in the Big Apple Saturday night at the annual Inner Circle charity show in Manhattan.
Hizzoner took the stage at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in Midtown just 15 minutes before the end of the event, which was an annual comedy roast of the mayor, media and political figures hosted by a group made up mostly of journalists.
“The inner circle – as I know it, the inner circle of hell,” Adams joked, to laughter from the crowd.
The Inner Circle Charity Roast, a major New York event that brings together the city’s media and political worlds for an evening of comedy and sketches, celebrated its 101st anniversary this year.
The Mayor took the opportunity to denounce the newspapers where he makes the headlines every day.
“My favorite local newspaper, the New York Post, is here too,” Adams said. “A lot of people have criticized them with sensationalism or sensationalist crime – What’s going on? ‘It’s my job!’
He joked that the New York Daily News was only at the event to hand out free newspapers.
The New York Times, he said, “is known as the Gray Lady – as opposed to its readership, the White Lady.”
Adams also touted his successes, saying crime was down and employment increased since he took office.
“We take criminals off the streets – just ask my donors,” he joked.
After performing a skit with SNL’s Punkie Johnson called “What’s the Mayor Wearing?” » Adams took a moment to thank the press “who treated me so well in their first two years” and dedicated the show to City Hall employee Pedro Frisneda, who died today.
“(Frisneda) was an integral part of our communications team both at City Hall and the Department of Health,” Adams said.
“You worked tirelessly to connect the different communities of the five boroughs and you were always willing to go the extra mile,” he said of Frisenda, a Venezuelan immigrant who also worked for the Department of Health and of Mental Hygiene of the City of New York.
New York Post
