More than one hundred days have passed since Eric Adams was sworn in as New York’s 110th mayor. The milestone is arbitrary, dating back to Franklin D. Roosevelt, and there’s little reason to believe grand conclusions can be drawn from a few months in power.

But it’s worth taking stock because politicians do make promises they try, in some cases, to keep. For the ambitious, one hundred days is enough to lay the groundwork for a greater agenda. Bill de Blasio, much maligned now, was already fighting to get funding for the universal prekindergarten expansion that would remake New York’s social safety net. One hundred days in, the former mayor had signed into law significant pieces of legislation, like the mandating of paid sick days in the private sector.

Adams, conversely, has pitched very little. He does get around plenty. He shows up at the scenes of street crimes and parties with celebrities like Cara Delevingne. He has been an unabashed booster for big business and promised to bring the city back from its COVID doldrums.