NYC Mayor Eric Adams doubles down on ‘slave owner’ jab to woman, 84, who fled Nazis
He’s not backing down.
“Don’t stand in front like you treated someone that’s on the plantation that you own,” Hizzoner chastised her during the panel. “She disrupted [the meeting], and then she was degrading on how she communicated with me. I’m not going to allow civil service to be disrespected, and I’m not going to be disrespected as the mayor of this city,” Adams continued during the radio interview.
“I’m a representative of this city, and we need to start having a better dialogue on how we communicate with each other, both locally and nationally on how we communicate.”After hiding out in Belgium and France throughout World War II, Dubnau and her parents emigrated to New York City, where she has resided since she was 8 years old.
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