Mayor Adams Calls 911 After His Sister Overhears Ferry Shooting Threat

NEW YORK, NY — Once a cop, always a cop (again).

Mayor Eric Adams took it upon himself on Sunday to call 911 — for at least the second time in his short six months leading the city — when his sister overheard men talking about shooting at a Manhattan ferry stop.

"It was very hot and they had hoodies on and she overheard one of them state something to the tune of, 'Don't shoot until you get inside,'" Adams said when asked about the incident at a press conference Monday.

"She called me and I said, 'Immediately call 911.' I called 911 to make sure they got the call."

The mayor, who was on his way to pick up his sister from the Pier 79 stop when she called, met NYPD officers at the ferry station around 3 p.m., his own security in tow, according to Adams and police.

"My security team and I went to the boats and said, 'Don't let the boats move out,'" he said.

Police canvassed the area and were still investigating the incident as of Monday afternoon, according to Adams and police.

An NYPD spokesperson said Adams' sister also told police she noticed a "heavy bulge" in one of the mens' hoodies.

The ferry incident is not the first time the mayor, a former cop, has popped up on his own police department's 911 dispatch.

On his first day on the job, Adams called 911 while watching a fight at Kosciuszko Street station in Bed-Stuy.

"Once a transit cop always a transit cop," he said at the time.

Curbing a spike in gun violence, particularly in the city's transit system, has been a focus of the mayor's reign since he took office.

On Monday, he touted a dip in shootings in the last few weeks compared to this time last year. There have been 100 shootings in the last 28 days compared to 153 during the same time period last year, a drop of almost 35 percent, according to NYPD statistics.

The drop is more modest when looking at all of 2022, which has had 502 shootings so far compared to 558 in the same period in 2021, a 10 percent decrease, the data shows.

The mayor contended quick action like his sister's is an example of how everyday New Yorkers can help tamp down crime even further.

"Nothing would have been worse than if someone would've gotten on that boat and something would’ve happened to innocent people," Adams said. "[My sister] listened: see something, say something, do something."