Exclusive | Hochul’s running mate Adrienne Adams heckled, booed by Israel supporters at NYC Dem forum

Nypost · 🇮🇱 public Israel · Aug 17, 2026 · 689 words · By Vaughn Golden; Marie Pohl

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Kathy Hochul’s running mate, former City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams was heckled by pro-Israel protesters during a Brooklyn Democratic Party forum last week, The Post can reveal.

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and state Attorney General Letitia James were also on-hand for the event at the Thomas Jefferson Democratic Club in Mill Basin hosted by scandal-plagued former local party boss Frank Seddio.

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Claim 1: “Last year, Adams received a puny 6% of the first-round mayoral primary vote in the Assembly district surrounding the Jefferson Democratic Club”

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The specific statistic of receiving 6% of the first-round mayoral primary vote in that specific district is only reported by The Post.

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web search NEUTRAL — Primary Menu Sections. US News. Metro.Last year, Adams received a puny 6% of the first-round mayoral primary vote in the Assembly district surrounding the Jefferson Democratic Club, where she spoke to…
https://nypost.com/2026/08/17/us-news/adrienne-adams-heckled…

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web search NEUTRAL — New York City Council Speaker Adrienne E. Adams has announced her run for mayor.For 115 years we have delivered award winning racial justice journalism — and only with your support can we continue!
https://amsterdamnews.com/news/2025/03/06/nyc-speaker-adrien…

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web search NEUTRAL — Adrienne Adams, the City Council’s first Black speaker, has rejected pressure to cross-endorse Zohran Mamdani, renewing battle lines between some Black Democrats and progressives.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/nyregion/adrienne-adams-m…

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Claim 2: “James, a former Brooklyn City Council member”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant results regarding vehicle recalls (VIN lookup) and does not provide information on Letitia James's career history.

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web search NEUTRAL — Owners may not always know their recalled vehicle still needs to be repaired. NHTSA's new search tool lets you enter a Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) to quickly learn if a specific vehicle has no…
https://vinrcl.safercar.gov/vin/

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web search NEUTRAL — Vehicle recalls happen more often than most drivers realize — and many go unfixed because owners never find out. Our free recall lookup tool checks the official NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety …
https://obdadvisor.com/vehicle-recall-lookup/

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web search NEUTRAL — Free NHTSA VIN lookup. Same live NHTSA recall feed and vPIC decode as the government tools, plus NMVTIS title brands, odometer history, and salvage records NHTSA doesn't provide.
https://www.carcheckervin.com/nhtsa-vin-lookup

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Claim 3: “House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and state Attorney General Letitia James were also on-hand for the event at the Thomas Jefferson Democratic Club in Mill Basin hosted by scandal-plagued former local party boss Frank Seddio.”

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While other sources confirm the Thomas Jefferson Democratic Club is in Mill Basin and run by Frank Seddio, and that Hakeem Jeffries and Letitia James have attended events there in the past, no other source corroborates their presence at this specific event described in the claim.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 New York gubernatorial election is scheduled to take place on November 3, 2026, to elect the governor of New York. Incumbent Democratic governor Kathy Hochul is running for re-election to a s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_New_York_gubernatorial_el…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States federal budget for fiscal year 2026 runs from October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2026. The 2025 federal government shutdown occurred at the beginning of the fiscal year. It lasted unt…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Walter T. Mosley III is an American politician and civil servant from the state of New York. A Democrat, Mosley represented New York's 57th State Assembly district from 2013 to 2021; the district incl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_T._Mosley

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Claim 4: “Hochul, who is running for a second, full four-year term in November, picked Adams as her running mate in February, in the first all-female major-party gubernatorial ticket in state history.”

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Multiple independent sources (web search results and TikTok news report) confirm Kathy Hochul selected Adrienne Adams as her running mate in February, creating the first all-female major-party gubernatorial ticket in NY history.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Adrienne Adams (née Eadie; born December 9, 1960) is an American politician from the state of New York. A Democrat, Adams represented the 28th district in the New York City Council from 2017 to 2025 a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrienne_Adams_(politician)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Eric Adams was the 111th mayor of New York City from January 1, 2022, to December 31, 2025. Adams, a member of the Democratic Party, had announced his candidacy for mayor in November 2020, and won the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayoralty_of_Eric_Adams

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Claim 5: “Gov. Kathy Hochul’s running mate, former City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams was heckled by pro-Israel protesters during a Brooklyn Democratic Party forum last week”

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The claim is reported exclusively by The Post. Other search results discuss pro-Israel protesters in different contexts (Washington DC) or Adrienne Adams' general political standing, but do not corroborate this specific event.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Democratic Party primary for the 2025 New York City mayoral election took place on June 24, 2025. Voters ranked up to five candidates using ranked-choice voting. The early voting period began on J…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_New_York_City_Democratic_…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Brooklyn Democratic Party, officially the Kings County Democratic County Committee, is the county committee of the Democratic Party in the New York City borough of Brooklyn (Kings County). It is t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_Democratic_Party

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Eric Leroy Adams (born September 1, 1960) is an American politician and former police officer who served as the 111th mayor of New York City from 2022 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, Adams …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Adams

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Claim 6: “Adams, a former Queens councilwoman who was speaker from 2022 to the end of December”

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Wikipedia and multiple web sources confirm Adrienne Adams served as NYC Council Speaker starting in 2022 and ended her term in December 2025.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An election for the mayor of New York City was held on November 4, 2025. Democratic state assemblyman Zohran Mamdani won the election with 50.78% of the vote, defeating Republican activist Curtis Sliw…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_New_York_City_mayoral_ele…

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Claim 7: “A Siena College poll released last week shows Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, Hochul’s Republican opponent, within 10 points of the incumbent governor.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to support or refute the existence of a Siena College poll regarding Bruce Blakeman and Kathy Hochul.

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Claim 8: “she spoke to a crowd of about 50 attendees on Thursday.”

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The detail regarding the crowd size of approximately 50 attendees on Thursday is only reported by The Post.

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web search NEUTRAL — Adams, a former Queens councilwoman who was speaker from 2022 to the end of December, refused to take questions from The Post before she scampered out of the building. Adrienne Adams addressing suppor…
https://nypost.com/2026/08/17/us-news/adrienne-adams-heckled…

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web search NEUTRAL — Adams spoke about her own mother’s fraught experience when pregnant with her. Her mother had several false alarms, said Adams, so the nurses dismissed her symptoms.City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams …
https://amsterdamnews.com/news/2025/02/13/speaker-adrienne-a…

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web search NEUTRAL — Like Hochul, Adams is a moderate Democrat. But some insiders have chided her for insufficiently advocating for Israel. As speaker of the New York City Council from 2022 to 2025, Adams was the first pe…
https://www.jta.org/2026/02/06/ny/hochul-picks-adrienne-adam…

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Claim 9: “state Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn and other leaders of the King County Democratic Committee initially withdrawing their support of Hochul in light of the announcement.”

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Two separate web sources confirm that the Kings County Democratic Committee (and specifically mentioning the context of the Adams announcement) initially withdrew their support for Hochul before reversing course.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 New York State Assembly election will be held on November 3, 2026. Democrats have held a majority in the New York State Assembly since 1975. It will be held alongside elections for governor, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_New_York_State_Assembly_e…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jenifer Rajkumar (born September 1, 1982) is an American politician and civil rights lawyer serving as a member of the New York State Assembly from the 38th district. A Democrat, she represents the Qu…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Little Haiti is a neighborhood in the Flatbush section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Designated by city government in 2018, its boundaries are East 16th Street to the west, Church Avenue t…
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