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Eric Adams Chokes Up Over Rapper’s Murder Ahead of Meeting to Discuss Crime-Fighting Plan

Mayor Eric Adams got choked up Thursday while discussing the shooting murder of an 18-year-old rapper gunned down in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn last weekend.

Mayor Eric Adams got choked up Thursday while discussing the shooting murder of an 18-year-old rapper gunned down in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn last weekend.

The mayor’s emotional speech about the life and death of Jayquan McKenley aka Chii Wvttz came as Adams plans to meeting with the city’s top civil rights activists including Al Sharpton and state NAACP President Hazel Dukes to pitch his plan to crack down on gun violence, The Post has learned.

The mayor, during a 14-minute speech, said McKenley is a textbook example of a young man who fell through the cracks in a negligent city.

Mayor Eric Adams got choked up Thursday while discussing the shooting murder of an 18-year-old rapper gunned down in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn last weekend.

The mayor’s emotional speech about the life and death of Jayquan McKenley aka Chii Wvttz came as Adams plans to meeting with the city’s [...]




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