Moment female passenger on American Airlines flight from Miami accosts NYC Mayor Eric Adams in protest over homeless and Palestine
New York Mayor Eric Adams was left stunned on an Americans Airline flight after a woman confronted and accused him him of ‘supporting the genocide in Palestine’.
In the clip, which was shared on social media, the woman is seen boarding the flight from Miami back to the Big Apple as she reaches out to the mayor.
Adams had been in Miami for the 2024 Concordia Americas Summit and returned to the city Monday evening.
‘Are you Eric Adams? F**k you,” she shouts at the mayor, who appears stunned by the comments as the man sitting next to Adams stands up and stands between the two.
The angry woman continues: ‘You support the genocide in Palestine, there are homeless people everywhere in New York.’
Throughout the interaction, Adams says nothing, but his expression turns sour after her first comment
Adams had been in Miami for the 2024 Concordia Americas Summit and returned to the city Monday evening
She adds, “You’re always partying, you don’t really care about the citizens of New York. Why are you even in Miami?
‘People are being arrested there, people are homeless in New York. People can’t afford it.
‘You keep cutting the education budget so that you can fund the police. That’s all you care about, defunding the police. Everything is underfunded because of you.”
Other fliers can be heard yelling at the woman for holding back those aboard the flight as she walks down the aisle.
Throughout the interaction, Adams says nothing, but his expression turns sour after her first comment.
Spokesperson for the mayor Fabien Levy told DailyMail.com : ‘As the mayor always says: 8 million people, but 35 million opinions.
‘It is unfortunate, however, that this person’s views on a public flight were saturated with vulgarities and that is why you can hear several passengers pushing against her as she annoyingly held them up.’
“During the trip, many other passengers came up to Mayor Adams and expressed their support for the mayor.”
Adams is known for his late-night lifestyle and dining out at high-end restaurants in the city.
Adams speaks during a press conference at the New York City Emergency Management Department on Friday, April 5, 2024 in New York
Pro-Palestinian protesters gather in Bowling Green to stage a demonstration and chant slogans against Adams in New York on March 26, 2024
The city has been embroiled in days of pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University and other campuses; the Columbia encampment can be seen here
Homeless people are seen on 1st Avenue between 20 and 21st streets, Manhattan in January 2023
In an August 2022 New York Times story, reporters followed Adams for a month and were seen 22 times at the Osteria La Baia restaurant.
He is also known to frequent the members-only club Zero Bond in NoHo and to collaborate with celebrities.
Meanwhile, the city is embroiled in days of pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University and other campuses.
Protesters in Columbia have set up tents to express their ‘solidarity for the Gaza encampment’ and refuse to move.
On Tuesday, the group Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine said it was withdrawing from negotiations after the school threatened to call in the National Guard.
DailyMail.com has reached out to American Airlines for comment.