Overview
- Cohen labeled Adams’ tenure “chaotic” and “horrible” during CNN’s Times Square special just after midnight while holding a shot glass.
- Co-host Anderson Cooper and guest B.J. Novak tried to cut off the tirade as Cohen referenced parties, clubs, and the city’s rat problem.
- Adams responded on X calling it “another sloppy drunken rant,” urging Cohen to seek help and describing public intoxication as a disease.
- Coverage clarified that Adams was not pardoned; a federal case against him was dropped last year, correcting Cohen’s characterization.
- Cohen later posted that he and the show were “a tad overserved,” echoing his past 2021 New Year’s rant about then–Mayor Bill de Blasio as Zohran Mamdani took office as NYC’s new mayor.