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NYC Mayor Eric Adams brags he's the 'Biden of Brooklyn,' POTUS' favorite mayor

Adams says he and Biden are both just a couple of 'blue-collar guys'

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams praised President Biden while insisting that he's the president's favorite mayor in the country.

"We just really like each other. … You know, we just got to hang out together, you know. That’s my dude," Adams said during a press conference Monday, according to the New York Post.

FILE - New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks during a news conference in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. The new mayor is seeking approval from city ethics officers to hire his brother as the head of his security detail. Adams has brought on his brother Bernard Adams, a former New York police officer who was most recently as the assistant director for parking at Virginia Commonwealth University, to serve as the executive director of mayoral security. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

New York City Mayor Eric Adams. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

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Adams boasted that he had a connection with the president, going so far as to call himself the "Biden of Brooklyn."

"This is a great city, and I’m the Biden of Brooklyn. And I love the fact that the president is coming here. I met with him after the campaign, and we spoke, and we just connected, you know," Adams said.

"And I’m sure if you were to ask him, ‘What is his favorite mayor?’ he’d clearly tell you, ‘It’s Eric," he added.

Mayor-elect Eric Adams speaks during an announcement at Brooklyn Borough Hall. Adams announced his appointments of Lisa Flores as director of the Mayor's Office of Contract Services and Marjorie Landa as director of the newly-created Mayor's Office of Risk Management and Compliance. He also said that new COVID pandemic policy will be announced after he takes office on January 1, 2022.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams (Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Monday wasn't the first time Adams referred to himself as the "Biden of Brooklyn," having told reporters after meeting Biden for the first time during his campaign for mayor that the duo immediately hit it off.

"You know, they call me the Biden of Brooklyn," Adams said at the time.

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"Because, you know, we just like these blue-collar guys. You know, he is comfortable around everyday people. And you could just tell that when you’re in his presence, he’s just, you know, he’s ordinary Joe," Adams said. "He knows the people, but the people know him."

"He’s a guy that can bear the weight of the city, but that you don’t mind having a beer with," he added.

President Joe Biden

President Joe Biden. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

The mayor's comments come as he is set to meet with Biden on Thursday to discuss gun violence after two New York City Police officers were killed in the line of duty last month.

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