Embattled New York City Mayor Eric Adams was relentlessly trolled for an Instagram post he made overnight visiting a senior center in Harlem, where he appears blissfully unaffected by the bribery and fraud charges against him. .
Adams, with a lingering smile, joyfully walked through the ARC A. Philip Randolph Senior Center to take photos with his constituents.
“Visiting Harlem always makes me proud, especially because of the warmth I receive from New Yorkers,” Adams wrote. “Every senior center experience…reaffirms that our efforts are making a real difference.”
In two photos, he is seen smiling in front of a cake that says: “Happy birthday to all September seniors.”
He was also seen dancing while an emcee repeatedly shouted ‘Come on, Eric!’ and ‘Our Mayor!’
Commenters on Friday’s post were stunned by Adams’ tone deafness as he posted this just days after becoming the first sitting New York mayor to be charged with crimes, let alone five federal charges that could put him in jail for 45 years if convicted.
Eric Adams of New York City visits the ARC A. Philip Randolph Senior Center on the same day he pleaded not guilty to five federal corruption charges.
Hours before the visit, Adams is seen leaving Manhattan Federal Court after pleading not guilty.
One user asked if Adams told the seniors he visited that he allegedly defrauded New York City taxpayers of $10 million through allegedly fraudulent campaign funds.
Others simply couldn’t believe the appearance of the post, which came on the same day he pleaded not guilty in court.
‘Dude, maybe read the room… is this what you want to post about? Who advises you? We have to fire them,” one person wrote.
“Great energy rearranging the sun loungers on the Titanic,” wrote another.
‘Eric! Just go to jail,” wrote a third.
