NYC Mayor Eric Adams was left flabbergasted on an Americans Airline flight after a woman accosted him and accused him of ‘supporting the genocide in Palestine’.
In the clip, which has been shared on social media, the woman can be seen boarding the flight from Miami back to the Big Apple when she hits out at the Mayor.
Adams had been in Miami for the 2024 Concordia Americas Summit and was returning to the city on Monday evening.
‘Are you Eric Adams? F**k you’, she shouts at the Mayor who appears baffled by the remarks as the man sitting beside Adams stands and puts himself between the two.
The irate woman continues: ‘You support the genocide in Palestine, there are homeless people all over New York.’
Throughout the whole interaction, Adams says nothing but his expression does turn sour following her initial remark
Adams had been in Miami for the 2024 Concordia Americas Summit and was returning to the city on Monday evening
She adds: ‘You are always partying, you don’t actually care about the citizens in New York. Why are you even in Miami?
‘There are people being arrested there, people are homeless in New York . People cannot afford afford.
‘You keep cutting the education budget so that you can fund the police. That’s all you care about, funding the police. Everything is underfunded because of you.’
Other flyers can be heard shouting at the woman for holding up those boarding the flight as she makes her way down the aisle.
Throughout the whole interaction, Adams says nothing but his expression does turn sour following her initial remark.
Spokesman for the Mayor Fabien Levy told NY Daily News: ‘Like the mayor always says, 8 million people, but 35 million opinions.
‘It’s unfortunate, however, that this individual’s opinion was riddled with vulgarities on a public flight and that’s why multiple passengers can be heard pushing back on her as she annoyingly held them up.’
Adams is known for his late-night party lifestyle and eating out at high-end restaurants in the city.
Adams speaks during a news conference at the New York City Emergency Management Department on Friday April 5, 2024 in New York
Pro-Palestine protestors, gather at Bowling Green to stage a demonstration and chant slogans against Adams in New York on March 26, 2024
The city has been embroiled in days of pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University and other campuses, the encampment at Columbia is seen here
Homeless people are seen on 1st Avenue between 20 and 21st street, Manhattan, in January of 2023
In a August 2022 New York Times story, reporters followed Adams for a month and was seen attending restaurant Osteria La Baia 22 times.
He is also known to frequently attend members-only club Zero Bond in NoHo as well as rubbing shoulders with celebrities.
Meanwhile the city has been embroiled in days of pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University and other campuses.
Protestors inside Columbia have pitched tents to form their ‘solidarity for Gaza encampment’ and are refusing to move.
On Tuesday, the Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine group said they backed out of negotiations after the school threatened to call in the National Guard.
DailyMail.com has approached American Airlines and the Mayor’s office for comment.
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