{"id":569450,"date":"2021-06-21T13:36:30","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T17:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=569450"},"modified":"2021-06-21T13:36:40","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T17:36:40","slug":"volunteer-stabbed-with-ice-pick-while-canvassing-for-new-york-mayor-candidate-eric-adams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/volunteer-stabbed-with-ice-pick-while-canvassing-for-new-york-mayor-candidate-eric-adams\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteer Stabbed With Ice Pick While Canvassing For New York Mayor Candidate Eric Adams"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvolunteer-stabbed-with-ice-pick-while-canvassing-for-new-york-mayor-candidate-eric-adams%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=569450&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Photo-of-suspects-in-the-stabbing-e1624289596198.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>A volunteer for New York mayoral candidate Eric Adams was stabbed twice in the torso with an ice pick Sunday, a New York City Police Department spokesperson told the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s out of surgery,\u201d Adams said at a press conference, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/06\/20\/us\/nyc-eric-adams-volunteer-stabbed\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNN<\/a>. \u201cWe visited him, and I spoke with him at the hospital. The video was just horrific.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adams said the police are investigating any possible motive to the attack, according to CNN.<\/p>\n<p>The NYPD said they are looking for two suspects.<\/p>\n<p>One is a male with a dark complexion wearing a red bandanna on his head, a white tank top and a black backpack. The second suspect is a male with a dark complexion who was wearing a gray sweater with the word \u201cPrivileged\u201d on the front, the spokesperson told the DCNF.<\/p>\n<p>New York City will hold its Democratic primaries for mayor on Tuesday, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voting.nyc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NYC Votes<\/a>. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/18\/kathryn-garcia-smoking-new-york-city-mayoral-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Leading New York Mayoral Candidate Promises To Quit Smoking Cigarettes If Elected)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mayoral candidates <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mayawiley\/status\/1406724422245957634\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maya Wiley<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewYang\/status\/1406730480553189382\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andrew Yang<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/scottmstringer\/status\/1406737946607243275\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scott Stringer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KGforNYC\/status\/1406730517962235912\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kathryn Garcia<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShaunDonovanNYC\/status\/1406729285478633476\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shaun Donovan<\/a> tweeted their support for the 42-year-old victim.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHorrible news. My thoughts are with your volunteer, their family, and your entire team, Eric,\u201d Andrew Yang, mayoral candidate, tweeted out.<\/p>\n<p>A June 8 NY1\/Ipsos <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/08\/eric-adams-leads-nyc-mayor-andrew-yang\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">poll<\/a>\u00a0showed that 46% of voters think crime is the biggest problem facing the city, and 72% wanted to increase police patrols.<\/p>\n<p>Despite overall crime\u00a0decreasing in New York City, the NYPD<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>saw a surge in shootings and murders, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/07\/homicides-shootings-new-york-city-increase-2020-defund-the-police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The same NY1\/Ipsos poll found that Adams led the mayoral race by 22%. Adams, who is running on a pro-police platform, wants to reinstate a plainclothes anti-crime <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/06\/16\/new-york-dispands-nypd-anti-crime-unit-600-officers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">unit<\/a> that was disbanded in June 2020, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/04\/23\/eric-adams-anti-crime-campaign-484380\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Politico<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Adams said during an <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/13\/nyc-mayor-candidate-says-ill-carry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">interview<\/a> he\u2019d carry a firearm in office should he win.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes I will, number one. And number two, I won\u2019t have a security detail,\u201d Adams said. \u201cIf the city is safe, the mayor shouldn\u2019t have a security detail with him. He should be walking the street by himself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A volunteer for New York mayoral candidate Eric Adams was stabbed twice in the torso with an ice pick Sunday, a New York City Police Department spokesperson told the Daily &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2280861,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Photo-of-suspects-in-the-stabbing-e1624289596198.png","fifu_image_alt":"Volunteer Stabbed With Ice Pick While Canvassing For New York Mayor Candidate Eric Adams","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-569450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Photo-of-suspects-in-the-stabbing-e1624289596198.png","fifu_image_alt":"Volunteer Stabbed With Ice Pick While Canvassing For New York Mayor Candidate Eric Adams","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=569450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2280861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=569450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=569450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=569450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}