Eric the Despised

 

 

Qunnipiac

As New York City Mayor Eric Adams nears the end of his second year in office, voters give the mayor a negative 28 - 58 percent job approval rating with 14 percent not offering an opinion, according to a Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pea-ack) University poll of registered voters in New York City released today.

This is the lowest job approval rating for a New York City mayor since Quinnipiac University began polling New York City registered voters in 1996. Before today, the previous low was a negative 31 - 60 percent job approval rating for Mayor Bloomberg in July 2003.

In today's poll, the mayor receives his only positive rating from Black voters who approve of the job he is doing 48 - 38 percent.

Among his own party, Democrats give him a negative 35 - 49 percent job approval rating.

Voters were asked about Mayor Adams' handling of:

• crime: 33 percent approve, while 60 percent disapprove;
• the public schools: 31 percent approve, while 53 percent disapprove;
• the surge of migrants seeking sanctuary in New York City: 26 percent approve, while 66 percent disapprove;
• the city budget: 22 percent approve, while 66 percent disapprove;
• homelessness: 22 percent approve, while 72 percent disapprove.