Eric Adams bashes media — saying New York Times, others have ‘disdain’ for NYC: ‘Stop beating our city up’

Mayor Eric Adams again bashed New York City media Wednesday — blaming nan property for overshadowing his administration’s occurrence and creating nan quality of a Big Apple successful “disorder.”

“Our media has displayed its level of disdain and dislike for our city, and they want to springiness nan image that this is simply a metropolis retired of power and thing is further from that,” Adams told a packed Midtown ballroom astatine nan Police Athletic League luncheon.

In a fiery, campaign-like speech, Hizzoner rattled disconnected his administration’s achievements — decreases successful crime, increases successful jobs and advancement connected thoroughfare homelessness — which he claimed section outlets weren’t covering adequately.

Mayor Eric Adams repeated his critique of nan media connected Wednesday afternoon. Craig McCarthy

“They constitute nan worst point that happened,” he said, claiming reporters successful different media markets dainty their cities overmuch nicer.

“Listen, extremity beating our metropolis up,” he railed. “Because erstwhile I spell to different cities to bring successful businesses, they are reference what we are writing.”

Mayor Eric Adams specifically called retired nan New York Times. Getty Images

The politician took a changeable astatine The New York Times, specifically, rehashing his excavation from nan annual Inner Circle show earlier this month.

“There are 2 types of Americans, those who emotion our metropolis and those who activity astatine nan New York Times,” he quipped.

He urged nan influential New Yorkers successful nan room to flex their muscles pinch nan media.

“Folks, those of you who are portion of nan industries successful nan city, you request to beryllium penning these newspapers,” Adams said.

The media critique has been a communal refrain retired of City Hall officials, who haven’t been awkward astir their displeasure pinch nan unending regular sum from nan largest media marketplace successful nan country.

The reside comes conscionable weeks aft Adams pulled retired of his bid for nan Democratic information for mayor, alternatively choosing to tally arsenic an independent successful nan November wide election.

A rep for nan New York Times did not respond for comment.