Eric Adams bids farewell as NYC mayor by reading his go-to quotes off a coffee mug
New York is the __ of America
— Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@NYCMayor) December 31, 2025
Stay focused, no distractions, and grind
Arrested, rejected, and elected
Thank you to my City Hall team for this wonderful parting gift with some of my go-to quotes you’ve heard over the past few years. It’s been an honor, New York! pic.twitter.com/MFR6HXmJ66
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: On his final day as the mayor of New York City, Eric Adams marked his departure with a playful farewell, reflecting on his tenure and thanking the members of his administration and staff.
In a video shared on social media, he read several of his frequently cited remarks from a coffee mug presented to him as a tribute ahead of his departure.
Eric Adams shares farewell tribute
Taking to social media on Wednesday, December 31, Adams shared a unique farewell tribute on his final day in office, reading some of his "go-to quotes" off a coffee mug.
"Mayor Adams' greatest hits, you know," he said while waving around an inscribed cup gifted to him by his staff.
He then attempted to read several of the quotes aloud, pausing with laughter between each line.
Eric Adams reads his signature quotes from a mug
"'I wake up in the morning sometimes and look at myself and give myself the finger,'" he read. "‘Stay focused, no distractions, and grind.’ … 'It's not what's in the tweet, it's what's in the streets.'”
"There are two types of Americans, those who live in New York and those who wish they could," he continued. "'Arrested, rejected, and now I'm elected.' ‘I am Gandhi-like.’ ‘I had a shorty that lived out there.’ ‘Every morning I wake up and turn on my GPS, my God positioning satellite.' … Get your mug, man!"
He then thanked his City Hall team for the parting gift, noting, "It’s been an honor, New York!"
Zohran Mamdani succeeds Eric Adams
Adams was sworn in as the 110th Mayor of New York City on January 1, 2022, after serving as Brooklyn borough president and a New York state senator.
Zohran Mamdani was officially sworn in as New York City’s 112th mayor just after the New Year began on Thursday. The ceremony symbolized the start of a new chapter in the city’s political leadership under his administration.
Mamdani, an Ugandan-born, Indian origin Democratic socialist, is the first Muslim mayor of New York City and the first mayor to be sworn in using the Quran, the central religious text of Islam, making history as one of the youngest mayors and the first openly Democratic socialist leader of the city.
