To the Editor: Mayor-elect Eric Adams tells ordinary New Yorkers "I am you." When the conversation turns to raising money from well-heeled and powerful developers, it's "I am real estate" and "Build tall and build high." So he gets from Mayor de Blasio ("A Tale of Two Cities"), and former Mayor Bloomberg, who helped raise money for Adams, while his inner circle is providing advice to Team Adams.
Does this make the next Mayor a brilliant political strategist, or is he channeling Professor Harold Hill in "The Music Man," who sells imaginary trombones to the gullible citizens of River City, Iowa?
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