Mayor Eric Adams made the questionable assertion that people in New York refer to the Big Apple as “The Port-Au-Prince of America,” which was later reported as false on X.
The mayor was responding to the political unrest and gang violence that have taken over Haiti in the post.
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He expressed his support for the Haitians residing in the Big Apple and elsewhere.
NY Mayor Eric Adam tweeted on X “We call New York City the Port-Au-Prince of America.” He added, “We feel the pain our Haitian neighbors feel as the situation grows dire. To the people of Haiti and our Haitian community here in New York City, know that we stand with you today and always.”
For people looking for travel help for family members residing in Haiti, the mayor provided a website.
However, Community Notes, the platform’s fact-checking tool, eventually highlighted the post.
A direct notification that read as follows was posted as a user-generated response, “Not one person has ever said this before Eric Adams.”
The remark contains a link to the Wikipedia article “Nicknames for New York City,” which does not contain the name of the capital of Haiti.
Afterward, Community Notes included links to Google searches for “Port-Au-Prince of America.” These searches produced nothing until you included “Adams,” at which point the mayor’s tweet appeared.
The mayor came under fire from New Yorkers and other social media users for the perplexing remark.
The performer Clifton Duncan answered, “I’ve never heard anyone, anywhere, at any time, call NYC the Port-au-Prince of America.”
