Personality
These items should’ve gone in Eric Adams’ time capsule
The mayor has a lot of ephemera that’s emblematic of his four years in office.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ time capsule will be opened in just 10 years. Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office
As his final days at the helm of New York City draw to a close, Mayor Eric Adams and top officials buried a time capsule with objects commemorating the highs of his one-term administration. The mayor contributed a vinyl record, tucked into a sleeve bearing the words “record jobs, record homes, record small businesses.” Other items like a prism – symbolizing the city’s many cultures, languages and lifestyles – a graduation tassel, a padlock representing the administration’s crackdown on illegal cannabis stores, a mini Staten Island Ferry, a key symbolizing the passage of City of Yes for Housing Opportunity, a chunk of an NYPD drone, a baby outfit, a tiny trash can and a speedometer to represent new e-bike regulations were also included. Perhaps most significantly, an ID card for the Roosevelt Hotel – the center of the administration’s efforts to respond to the migrant influx – was placed inside. Here are some additional items we thought should’ve been included.
Custom waders
A pair of waders with the word hater embroidered on them. Adams’ phrase “all my haters become my waiters when I sit down at the table of success” may live on far longer than his mayoralty.
Book club
A romance novel: “Political Humanity.” A self-help book: “Don’t Let it Happen.” A health and wellness book: “Healthy At Last: A Plant-Based Approach to Preventing and Reversing Diabetes and Other Chronic Illnesses.”
Snack time
A bag of sour cream and onion potato chips. Bribe money optional.
They don’t run this time capsule
A toy rat – or maybe even a real one – cause the mayor hates rats.
What’s the code?
The password to Adams’ cellphone that, legend says, federal investors are still trying to crack.
Questionable drip
His infamous dual Mets and Yankees hat. Cause why choose when you can rep both?
Now, who are you again?
A City Hall organization chart. With all the comings and goings, it can be hard to keep track!
Praying for your soul
The sponge of despair is full of harm and pain. If you can’t wring it out, bury it.
We’re in this together
A miniature plane, because by god, Adams landed it!