Mayor Eric Adams rebuked mayoral candidate Zohran’s Mamdani in religious terms over the socialist candidate’s longstanding push to decriminalize prostitution – saying the candidate was “lost” on the grim reality of sex work.
“I can’t be more clear. I’m a man of God, just as Mamdani says he’s a Muslim. I don’t know where in his Quran it states that it’s ok for a woman to be on the streets selling their body,” Hizzoner told reporters Sunday. 3
“I don’t know what Quran he is reading. It’s not in my Bible.”
He also said Mamdani’s position ignores the victims of sex trafficking.
“You’re not doing any service to a woman who is on the street who is forced to sell her body for whatever reason,” Adams told reporters Sunday. 3
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“We are trying to bring down crime and he is talking a