Hizzoner's Haters List: Adams Says He Catalogs His Critics

NEW YORK CITY — You better watch out, Eric Adams critics —the mayor is making a list.

Hizzoner's haters list was apparently revealed by the mayor himself Tuesday during his first, itself much-criticized "off-topic" news conference.

When asked about groups that criticized Adams' upcoming trip to Central and South America, he brushed off their concerns.

"I have a list in my office, that no matter what we do the same names pop up all the time," he said. "So, who’re we kidding?

"If I buy free food for a child, they're going to stand up and say you didn’t make it plant-based?"

Adams' reveal that he has his own version of former President Richard Nixon's infamous enemies list quickly raised eyebrows.

As the news conference closed, a reporter shouted out: "Mayor, do you have a list of haters hanging up in your office?"

Adams laughed, but he often doesn't take criticism or questioning in such good humor.

The one-day-a-week "off-topic" news conference itself was widely seen as a thin-skinned response by Adams to the questions he faces — and, indeed, all New York City mayors have faced — from reporters that don't relate to what he wants to talk about.

Indeed, Adams opened his inaugural off-topic questioning with a snipe toward reporters he finds irritating.

"Some of you, and I emphasize some of you, I enjoy seeing a lot," he said.