Eric Adams claims New Yorkers call Big Apple ‘Port-Au-Prince of America,’ quickly gets dragged on X: ‘Could you show us a single example?’

Mayor Eric Adams said on Wednesday that New Yorkers refer to the Big Apple as “The Port-Au-Prince of America,” a dubious claim that was later flagged on X for being untrue.

In the post, the Mayor was responding to the political crisis in Haiti as the Caribbean nation faces growing turmoil and has become overrun by violent gangs.

He voiced his support for the Haitians living abroad and in the Big Apple.

“We call New York City the Port-Au-Prince of America,” Adams tweeted. “We feel the pain our Haitian neighbors feel as the situation grows dire. To the people of Haiti and our own Haitian community here in New York City, know that we stand with you today and always.”

The Mayor included a link for those seeking travel assistance for family members living in Haiti.

The post, however, was later flagged by Community Notes, the platform’s fact-checking service.

The user-generated response was to pin a blunt notice stating: “Not one person has ever said this before Eric Adams.”

The note includes a link to a Wikipedia page “Nicknames for New York City” — where the name of the Haitian capital cannot be found.

Later, Community Notes added links to Google searches for “Port-Au-Prince of America” which yielded no results until you added “Adams” — which shows the mayor’s tweet.

New Yorkers and other social media users put the mayor on blast over the puzzling comment.

“I’ve never heard anyone, anywhere, at any time, call NYC the Port-au-Prince of America,” actor Clifton Duncan responded.

“Eric, could you show us a single example – in audio or video or text – of someone referring to NYC as the ‘Port-Au-Prince of America?’ Before today,” one user said.

“Some are saying that Yonkers is the Ulaanbaatar of the New York City metropolitan area,” someone quipped, referencing the capital of Mongolia.

“Everyone knows New York City is the Updog of the East Coast,” another joked.

When asked for comment on the Mayor’s post, a city hall spokesperson said, “It’s a shame that the Post is focused on a link to a Wikipedia page instead of Mayor Adams’ efforts to support those in Haiti and New York who are struggling.”

According to NYC Planning, more than 82,000 New York City residents were born in Haiti.

Other major foreign-born populations in the city include 425,000 born in the Dominican Republic; 171,000 from Jamaica; 150,000 from Mexico; 141,000 from Guyana; 128,000 from Ecuador; and 99,000 from Bangladesh.

Meanwhile, the US Marine Corps deployed an anti-terrorism unit to protect the US Embassy in Haiti as the chaos in the streets closed schools and businesses and disrupted daily life across the country.

Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry, 74, announced Tuesday that he planned to resign once a transitional presidential council was created just hours after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with leaders in Jamaica to discuss the situation.

However, a proposal to install a new government appeared to fall apart on Wednesday when some political parties rejected a plan that would establish presidential council manage the transition of power.

American officials are preparing for a potential influx of Haitian migrants fleeing the violence.