Did Mayor Adams Get a Colonoscopy? His Answer Led to Confusion.
The New York Times
Mayor Eric Adams of New York said he underwent anesthesia last week for what officials said was a colonoscopy, but then the story changed.
It seemed like the mystery surrounding Mayor Eric Adams’s health-related absence from the public eye had been solved.
More than a week after announcing in a late-night social media post that Mr. Adams, the Democratic mayor of New York, had not been feeling well and would keep a limited public schedule while undergoing routine tests, City Hall officials said on Wednesday that the mayor had undergone a colonoscopy.
The acknowledgment came hours after Mr. Adams had finally shed some light on his absence, disclosing at his weekly media briefing that he had been placed under anesthesia last week but was fine.
“I was feeling real pain in my side,” the mayor said on Wednesday. “Not many things scare me, but I was concerned when the doctor said, ‘Eric, I want you to take a series of tests.’”
But after a reporter later questioned the timing of the mayor’s colonoscopy on social media, a spokeswoman said Mr. Adams had misspoken.
The mayor had indeed undergone a colonoscopy, where he was placed under anesthesia, she said, but that took place on Jan. 3 and not last week.
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