A frustrated New York City Mayor Eric Adams compared himself to a toothpaste manufacturer in announcing a taxpayer-funded newsletter from his office to bypass “distorted” media coverage of his administration.

�You can report a distorted version of what I say. I want to speak directly to the people of this city and hear directly from the person they elected,� Adams said in announcing the newsletter.

�Columnists would give their opinions, reporters would just report the news. Now, I don�t know who�s the columnist and who�s the reporter,� he said. �By the time I speak at a press conference and then I read the story, I say, �Were we at the same press conference?��

Adams added that he believes Colgate, the toothpaste company, is still in business more than 150 years after being founded because it is not at the “mercy” of tabloid media.

�I�m not at your mercy. If Colgate was at the mercy of the tabloids, they would go out of business. So, I am the Colgate. I can�t go out of business,� he said.

�We�ve accomplished so much in our first year � from expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit to making quality child care affordable for all New Yorkers and more. But none of those accomplishments mean anything if New Yorkers don�t know about them and aren�t using them. That changes now,� he said.

The�New York Daily News�reported that the newsletter is expected to cost taxpayers $75,000 a year.

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