NYC Mayor Eric Adams was spotted dancing on stage alongside supermodel Cara Delevingne just hours after two more horrific attacks in the crime-ridden city, he has repeatedly vowed to clean up.
Adams was pictured partying with British supermodel Cara Delevingne and rapper A$Ap Rocky at a chic event at the One Vanderbilt skyscraper on Monday night.
A clip of the ex-cop mayor, who began his first term in January, showed him gently dancing while posing next to Delevingne, who was clutching a bottle of bubbly.
And Adam’s glitzy night out with celebrities raised eyebrows when it was revealed he hit the tiles just hours after NYC was hit by two more shockingly violent attacks.
NYC Mayor Eric Adams celebrated with British supermodel Cara Delevingne and rapper A$Ap Rocky at a chic event at the One Vanderbilt skyscraper
Supermodel Cara Delevingne sips a bottle of champagne and dances alongside NYC Mayor Eric Adams on Monday night
At 7:30 a.m., a 53-year-old man placing an order at a kiosk in a Midtown Manhattan McDonald’s was caught on camera being beaten and robbed.
His assailant was captured as he came up behind the victim before punching him in the back of the head and throwing him to the ground, the New York Post reported.
As the victim tries to get up, the suspect shoves him and demands his wallet before throwing him back on the ground and kicking him in the head before driving off with the victim’s phone and wallet, the Post reported.
Another customer was captured nearby as the attack unfolded, but no one came to the victim’s aide and the suspect fled to a nearby train station, the Post reported.
The victim was taken to a local hospital where he is being treated for a serious head injury, the Post reported.
And just hours later, at 1 p.m., the 60-year-old owner of a Queens pawn shop had his head bashed in with a metal bar so badly that responding officers initially believed he sustained a gunshot wound, the New York Post reported.
Earlier in the day at 7:30 a.m., a 53-year-old man placing an order at a kiosk in a Manhattan McDonald’s was caught on camera being beaten and robbed
Another customer was captured nearby as the attack unfolded, but no one came to the victim’s aide and the suspect (pictured) fled to a nearby train station
Police say an unidentified suspect went into the pawn shop and hit him several times before fleeing the scene.
Police say the motive behind the attack is unclear as they search for the suspect and the victim remains in critical condition at a local hospital in the meantime, the Post reported.
The incidents come days after Adams himself said the rise in crime in New York City had turned the Big Apple into a “laughing stock” that needed a “war general” to address the ongoing problem.
The MTA subway system has been ground zero for New York City so far this year, after an alarming 73.3 percent surge in underground incidents — including 182 in February alone.
Hate crimes have also doubled since last year – with anti-Asian attacks more than triple and complaints of anti-Semitic attacks up a whopping 54 percent from the same time last year, from 134 to 207 incidents.
Robberies saw the biggest increase this year, with 3,351 cases reported so far, up 45.6 percent from a year earlier.
Rape has also seen a dramatic increase, with 360 reported cases compared to 247 at the same time last year, an increase of almost 31 percent.
Police say an unidentified suspect (pictured) went into the pawnshop and hit him several times before fleeing the scene
Later in the day, the owner of a Queens pawn shop had his head hit so badly with a metal bar that responding officers believed he had sustained a gunshot wound
The number of shooting victims also continues to rise, with 284 cases reported so far this year – a 17.4 percent increase compared to the same period last year.
Adams, in his speech at the NYPD Holy Name Society’s annual communion service and breakfast Sunday, condemned lawlessness across the city, blaming petty crime and homelessness as contributing factors to the widespread “dysfunction.”
“Anything goes in New York,” Adams said, according to the New York Post. “The most important city in the world has become the laughing stock of the world. And the dysfunctionality of our city has spread across the country.”
His foray into fighting crime also comes as NYPD crime statistics showed a nearly 60 percent increase in crimes in February compared to the same time last year.
Meanwhile, a recent survey of more than 9,000 employees found that 40 percent of Manhattan workers wanted to relocate due to rising crime. About 48 percent of workers in the other four districts agreed.
The Morning Consult poll, conducted for Partnership for New York, surveyed 9,386 adults who worked in New York City from February 17 to March 11, with many expressing frustration at the rising crime and homelessness that was hitting the streets and subways.
According to the survey, 74 percent of respondents said safety in the city had worsened since the pandemic lockdowns began in March 2020, with 82 percent saying homelessness had also worsened.
Overall, 84 percent of respondents said conditions in the city had deteriorated over the past two years, with more than half agreeing conditions had deteriorated significantly.
“Safety, homelessness and mental illness are among the top issues facing private sector employees in New York City,” Morning Consult wrote in its findings to Partnership, whose more than 300 members employ more than 1 million people in the city. “They resist returning to the office until something is done to address them, especially on public transport.”
Overall, 40 percent of Manhattan residents want to move, while 48 percent of residents in the other four boroughs are also looking for an exit plan.