Eric Adams Praised a Reporter’s Body. It Wasn’t His First Such Remark.

When a young journalist tried recently to ask Mayor Eric Adams a question about pro-Palestinian demonstrations, Mr. Adams took the exchange in an unusual direction.

“You look like you’ve been working out, man,” the mayor said at his news conference on Tuesday. “You’ve got that summer body going.”

One of the mayor’s top female advisers sitting near him at City Hall shook her head in disbelief. Another deputy mayor looked down and covered her eyes.

For Mr. Adams, the comment was hardly extraordinary. He often remarks about people’s physical appearance or clothing at work events, and everyone is fair game: reporters, constituents and even members of his administration.

As he speaks with pride on how many of his top cabinet officials are women, he has also noted how they lead while wearing high heels, mentioning Louboutin shoes with their signature red soles.

“These are huge shoes to fill, but these two ladies in their red bottoms, they’re going to bring their own pair,” he said.