{"id":76,"date":"2023-11-15T22:22:18","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T22:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/table-of-success.local\/?p=76"},"modified":"2025-01-17T21:33:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T21:33:26","slug":"jenifer-rajkumar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tableofsuccess.mysites.io\/jenifer-rajkumar\/","title":{"rendered":"Jenifer Rajkumar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The job of a New York state assemblymember is fairly straightforward: For six months, you’re in session, duking it out in Albany and trying to make New York’s busted-up political system grind forward. The other half of the year? Well, beyond plotting revenge against your political enemies to deploy during the next session, or running for re-election during an even-numbered year, you’re pretty much left to your own devices, and you can choose what to do with your time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the back half of 2023, what southeast Queens Assemblymember Jenifer Rajkumar chose to do was hang out with Eric Adams, a lot. From a press conference about an opioid settlement<\/a>, to a celebration of Haitian heritage at Gracie Mansion<\/a>, to a Dominican pride event<\/a>, Rajkumar appeared at public events with the mayor addressing topics that had nothing to do with her district, noticeably breaking from the pack of other state legislators who usually only crowd around the mayor when something is impacting their district or is about legislation they’re working on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe highest compliment I have gotten from Eric Adams is that I am a beast,” Rajkumar told City & State<\/a> in August, referring to her very visible public schedule with the mayor, with whom she shares a birthday, 22 years apart. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Earlier that same month, at a flag raising for India, Rajkumar expounded on her admiration for Adams<\/a>. “When we look at Mayor Adams, we see ourselves. In fact, they actually call him the Indian Mayor,” she said, “And Mayor Eric Adams and I share a belief in unlocking the power of New York’s most forgotten and bringing people from all corners of our city to the table of power, because we believe in the power of people’s voices, that they count. That is why he’s the GOAT, the greatest of all time.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n