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NYC Mayor Adams denies firing a gun at school as described in his book
New York City Mayor Eric Adams is working to remove his child-rearing advice book from circulation, saying it contains inaccurate stories from his childhood.
Adams is claiming that an anecdote about firing a gun at a group of his friends at school did not happen, despite being included in his book “Don’t Let It Happen.”
“I pointed what I thought was a toy gun at my group of friends and pulled the trigger,” Adams wrote in the book. “A round discharged, and only by the grace of God and my poor aim did the bullet miss my friends. The incident scared me so much that I dropped the gun and ran.”
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams holds a press availability at a news conference in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
At the press conference where he disputed his own book, the New York City mayor said the story made it into the final book due to a lack of oversight.
“The co-author of the book may have misunderstood,” Adams said on Monday.
“There was an incident in school, someone pointed what they thought was a toy gun,” he continued. “That book never got into print because it never went through the proofreading aspect of it.”
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“Don’t Let It Happen” is intended to guide parents in recognizing when their children are engaging in dangerous behavior. Adams asserted in the introduction that “all of the incidents in this book are true.”
The mayor’s office says they are working to remove the book from circulation due to the allegedly inaccurate passage.
“The mayor has already contacted the publisher, who is working to take the book out of circulation,” spokesperson Charles Lutvak told the press via email.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams addressed questions about a passage in his book “Don’t Let It Happen” at a Monday press conference, saying descriptions of firing a gun at a group of friends in school were not accurate. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
The questionable passage came to light after literary magazine Byline unearthed the book earlier this month.
“Don’t Let It Happen” is still available for purchase on Amazon at the time of this report.
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is set to earn nearly $260,000 a year, in line with the salary paid to his predecessor.
The figure is based on public payroll records showing that former Mayor Eric Adams earned $258,750 in total pay.
Mamdani previously earned about $142,000 as a state assemblyman, according to Ballotpedia, an increase of roughly 80%.
Mamdani’s office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment on whether he plans to accept the full salary or donate a portion of it.
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivers his inaugural address Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026, outside City Hall. (Fox News/Pool)
New York City consistently ranks among the most expensive cities in the country, with housing costs far above the national average.
An annual salary of about $260,000 would place Mamdani among the city’s top earners, more than three times New York City’s median household income of roughly $80,000, according to the most recent Census Bureau data.
Mamdani posted on his Instagram account in December that he and his wife Rama would move from their home in Astoria, Queens, to Gracie Mansion, the official, rent-free residence of the mayor on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, in January.
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Gracie Mansion in New York, on Sept. 26, 2024. (Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg)
“This decision came down to our family’s safety and the importance of dedicating all of my focus on enacting the affordability agenda New Yorkers voted for,” he wrote.
Mamdani was sworn in Jan. 1 as the 112th mayor of New York City, becoming the first Muslim to hold the office.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani reacts after speaking during his inauguration ceremony, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026, in New York. (Heather Khalifa/AP Photo)
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“City Hall will deliver an agenda of safety, affordability and abundance—where government looks and lives like the people it represents, never flinches in the fight against corporate greed, and refuses to cower before challenges that others have deemed too complicated,” Mamdani said in his inaugural address.
“In so doing, we will provide our own answer to that age-old question—who does New York belong to? Well, my friends, we can look to Madiba and the South African Freedom Charter: New York ‘belongs to all who live in it.’”
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A longtime staple near Pitt’s campus is closing its doors after more than four decades of business in Oakland.
Hemingway’s Cafe announced Thursday that it will be closing for good in May after more than 40 years along Forbes Avenue in the heart of Oakland.
“Since opening in 1983, Hemingway’s has been more than just a bar – it’s been a home, a meeting place, and an Oakland staple for generations of students, alumni, locals, and friends at the heart of the University of Pittsburgh,” the bar said.
The bar said while they are sad to be closing, they’re also grateful for the decades of memories, laughter, friendship, and traditions over the years.
“Thank you for making Hemingway’s what it has been for over four decades,” the bar said.
A final closing date for Hemingway’s hasn’t been announced.
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