When Mayor Eric Adams emerges from his official limousine, so too does a glimpse of poplin, chambray and gabardine: some of the New York City mayor’s collection of crisp shirts, tailored suits and custom neckties often travels with him, swinging from a rack in the back seat of his black Chevrolet Suburban.
Yet just what his closet contains has gone largely unexamined, even as critics have questioned how he maintains a collection of bespoke suits on a mayor’s salary, or grumbled that in dressing up, Mr. Adams plays celebrity, not civil servant.
“Seven times a day he changes his clothes,” the humorist Fran Lebowitz said on a podcast with Bill Maher.
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