Mayor Eric Adams, New York Metropolis elected officers and employee’s unions gathered in Instances Sq. Saturday to rally for the town to host the 2024 Democratic Nationwide Conference.
Adams mentioned the town, with its range, represents the American dream.
“You deliver your tradition, you deliver your life-style. You deliver your imaginative and prescient and add it to the American dream and that’s the mixture that makes us nice,” he mentioned.
“Democratic Nationwide Conventions in New York have despatched profitable candidates to the White Home,” Rep. Jerry Nadler, who represents components of Manhattan’s Higher West Facet and East Facet, mentioned on the rally.
The final time the DNC was held in New York Metropolis was in 1992, when former President Invoice Clinton was elected.
Officers Saturday touted all the pieces the town has to supply.
“What different metropolis has all of the motels, the outlets, the eating places, the museums? The broadway theater, none,” mentioned Nadler.
The massive apple is up towards Chicago, Illinois and Atlanta, Georgia.
Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine shouldn’t be pulling any punches within the competitors.
“If you wish to exit to dinner at Cracker Barrel, you possibly can go to one of many different host cities. If you wish to take pleasure in the very best eating places on earth, you come to New York Metropolis,” mentioned Levine.
Madison Sq. Backyard has been proposed because the central conference web site, with the Jacob Javits Middle to play a supporting position.
