The office of mayor of New York City has been inhabited by people with strong personalities for decades, but even by that standard, Eric Adams, the city’s last mayor prior to Zohran Mamdani, broke the mold. In addition to accusations of corruption and frequent appearances at clubs, Adams also insisted that Gracie Mansion, the residence of the New York mayor, was haunted.
Adams’s claims might have seemed strange, but he’s not the first person to suggest that the residence might be packed with ghosts. Here’s what we know about whether Gracie Mansion is really haunted.
Is Gracie Mansion haunted?
During an appearance in the Yankees press box in 2022, Adams insisted that the mansion was not just haunted, but absolutely packed with ghosts. “I don’t care what anyone says, there are ghosts in there, man,” he explained.
The residence is more than 220 years old, and officially became the mayor’s residence in 1942. Adams explained that, since becoming mayor, he had seen things move on their own and heard footsteps in the manor…