Mayor Adams considering revoking Diddy’s key to NYC after ‘chilling’ video

NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) – Mayor Eric Adams said his administration is “taking everything under analysis” regarding Sean "Diddy" Combs' key to the city after a video surfaced of the rapper assaulting his ex-girlfriend. 

In an interview with PIX11 News Monday, Adams said his team was getting together to consider rescinding Diddy’s key to the city, which Adams awarded last year. 

“I think all of us were deeply disturbed by watching that chilling video of the young lady being assaulted by him. The committee and the team have never rescinded a key before, but we are now sitting down to see what the next steps forward are going to be,” Adams said. 

Adams said he and his team will come up with a final determination at a later date. 

Diddy, currently under federal investigation and facing widespread allegations of abuse and sexual assault, apologized for his behavior in the video and said he’s “committed to be a better man.” 

“I take full responsibility for my actions in that video,” he said in a statement posted to social media. 

When Adams awarded the key, he said the honor was a representation of all Diddy had done for New York City, through millions of dollars in donations and support for Black entrepreneurs. 

“Sean Combs is the embodiment of the New York City attitude. A son of Harlem, Combs worked his way to the top, becoming a successful musical talent both in front of and behind the mic,” Adams said at the time. “Despite all of his successes, Sean has never forgotten where he came from.”

Other key holders include the Women’s National Soccer Team, late performer and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte, and late 9/11 first-responder advocate Detective Luis Alvarez. Keys to the city hold only symbolic power, it does not actually open any locks or doors.