NYC Mayor Adams tests positive for COVID amid summer surge

NYC Mayor Eric Adams tested positive for COVID on Monday and has canceled a number of scheduled events.

Adams was “feeling under the weather,” and took a test shortly after a Queens press conference on flood prevention, according to Fabian Levy, a spokesperson for the Mayor. The mayor’s positive test comes amid a summer resurgence of COVID, fueled largely by what experts call the FLiRT variant.

Adams canceled several events on his Monday public schedule, including a scheduled roundtable with Jewish community and ethnic media, although he was still being briefed the police department’s deputy commissioner on a planned attack targeting the Jewish community on October 7th, the anniversary of the Hamas terror attacks in Israel.

Adams also canceled a hotly-anticipated town hall on the Underhill and Vanderbilt street redesign project in Brooklyn.

The positive test comes as rumors swirl about whether NYPD commission Edward Caban will resign from his post following news of a federal corruption investigation. Caban’s home was searched and electronics were seized last week as part of the Southern District of New York probe.

Caban’s twin brother, James, also had his electronics seized and home searched by federal investigators. Other top members of the Adams administration were also raided, including First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Philip Banks.

Adams last tested positive for COVID in April 2022.

The mayor appeared alongside Queens leaders, Assemblymember Jenifer Rajkumar and Commissioner of Emergency Management Zach Iscol at his Monday press conference. He had a busy weekend before this, visiting two churches in Brooklyn on Sunday.

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