New poll finds 61% of New Yorkers approve of Mayor Adams’ performance

A ballot discovered that 61% of New Yorkers approve of Mayor Eric Adams' efficiency to date.
Matthew McDermott

A strong majority of New York Metropolis residents are giving MayorEric Adams a thumbs up for his first two months on the job.

The Marist Faculty ballot discovered 61 p.c of respondents accepted of Adams’ efficiency whereas 24 p.c disapproved with the rest undecided.

Equally, 62 p.c of residents have a good opinion of Adams, a recognition that crosses all key ethnic and geographic teams throughout town, in line with the survey carried out between March 1 and March 8.

“Mayor Adams has broad enchantment at this early level in his administration,” stated Lee Miringoff, Director of the Marist Faculty Institute for Public Opinion.

“Not like his predecessor [Bill de Blasio], Adams shouldn't be coming throughout as a polarizing determine to most metropolis residents.”

Two-and-a-half months into his tenure, Adams will get extra favorable than unfavorable marks for his dealing with of key points — together with crime (53 p.c favorable, 35 p.c unfavorable), the coronavirus pandemic (64 p.c favorable, 27 unfavorable), public colleges (55 p.c favorable, 29 unfavorable), and the connection between police and the group (61 p.c favorable, 27 p.c unfavorable).

Nevertheless it wasn’t all roses.

Solely 38 p.c of residents rated him as an excellent or glorious mayor, 37 p.c as honest and 14 p.c poor.

Solely 38 p.c of members rated Adams as a “good or glorious” mayor.

Robert Miller

In a little bit of a contradiction, individuals who view him as “honest” approve of the job he's doing as mayor by a greater than 2-to-1 margin.

Adams’ ranking amongst registered voters is akin to former Mayor Invoice de Blasio’s first rating (39 p.c) after taking workplace. Nonetheless, he underperforms the rankings of earlier mayors — Michael Bloomberg (50 p.c), Rudy Giuliani (51 p.c), and David Dinkins (56 p.c) — at first of their administrations.

Nonetheless, 72 p.c of metropolis residents say Adams understands the issues going through New York Metropolis, 66 p.c suppose he cares about individuals, and an analogous 64 p.c report he is an efficient chief for New York Metropolis.

Simply 24% of the members disapproved of Adams two months into his tenure as mayor.

Marist Polls

A majority — 55 p.c – Adams is making New York Metropolis a safer place to dwell regardless of the precise surge in crime.

Regardless of principally excessive marks, solely 47 p.c of metropolis residents suppose he's altering the Massive Apple for the higher. Eight p.c say he's altering it for the more severe whereas 34 p.c suppose he isn't having any impression on town.

Adams does higher on the altering New York Metropolis query than did de Blasio shortly after he took workplace in 2014. Forty three p.c of registered voters stated he was having a constructive impact, 20 p.c stated they thought he had a damaging impression on town and 25 p.c thought he was not making a distinction.

The ballot discovered that Adams had a principally favorable ranking for a wide range of points together with crime and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Robert Miller

About half of respondents — 49 p.c — stated town is shifting in the precise route, whereas 43 p.c report it's shifting within the fallacious one.

On different points, 79 p.c of residents have been optimistic that town has moved previous the coronavirus pandemic.

This survey of 891 adults was carried out March 1st by March eighth and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.1 proportion factors.