NEW YORK POST: Adams Leaning on Bloomberg, De Blasio For Advice During Transition

NEW YORK POST: Mayor Eric Adams is picking the brains of his past two predecessors on how to govern America’s largest city.

Adams told The Post it’s senseless not to solicit input from former mayors Bill de Blasio and Michael Bloomberg.

“My relationship with [them] should send a signal to leaders throughout the country that even when we have differences of opinion, we can learn from those who have gone before us,” he recently said.

Adams added, he’ll “reach out to both of them, along with a broad cross-section of leaders inside and outside government, whenever I am looking for advice or guidance on an issue.”

At a time when the city is in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, rising crime and other crises, Adams repeatedly sought advice directly from Bloomberg and de Blasio in the weeks leading up to him taking office Jan. 1 and has continued since, multiple sources said.

Adams’ 750-person transition team is also relying on a half dozen former aides of both ex-mayors to help get him prepare for running the Big Apple, and sources said de Blasio administration officials provided Team Adams with detailed written briefs outlining city operations....

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