From the outset of his administration, Mayor Eric Adams said that fixing perception goes a long way toward improving reality.

“It’s not about showmanship. It’s about showing up,” he said on his first day in office. “That is why the theme of my first 100 days is GSD — get stuff done.”

He said a couple weeks later that “we’re going to drive down crime and we’re going to make sure New Yorkers feel safe in our subway system.”

One hundred days into his tenure, Adams still exudes the confidence that he is made for the moment, but he’s also been forced to acknowledge that the moment is not yet being met.

What You Need To Know

  • Mayor, who touts swagger, has said perception and reality go hand in hand

  • But his expectations — and the city’s — are being managed 100 days into his term

  • Adams, working virtually after testing positive for COVID, is down but seeks to prove he’s not out

“I am impatient. I want changes right away. We have to be safe,” the mayor told NY1’s “Mornings on 1” last week.

One reason he cannot celebrate his accomplishments quite yet, is 100 days is too soon to measure the results of the multiple policy blueprints he’s released.

Another reason is the challenges he inherited as the city’s 110th mayor are years — if not decades — in the making with no immediate solutions.

But early numbers are giving critics reason to question some of Adams’ approaches.

According to the latest numbers City Hall could provide, NYPD and the Department of Sanitation had cleared 239 homeless encampments but just five people had accepted services, as of March 29.

And according to the latest numbers the police could provide, the anti-gun Neighborhood Safety Teams had made 135 arrests, but recovered just 26 guns in their first three weeks. That’s just a fraction of the 1,000 the mayor says authorities have taken off the streets over three months.

“Yet the guns continue to flow,” Adams told NY1, urging Albany and Washington to do their part.

In the ultimate reality check, as he lifts COVID restrictions and is out day and night attempting to show the city is back to pre-pandemic form, Adams marked his 100th day in office with an announcement that he had tested positive.

On Sunday, he canceled in-person events after appearing on PIX 11 in the morning, but video called into a mindfulness conference.

“I have learned to speak like I know and listen like I don’t know,” he told the audience.

Adams is working remotely for at least five days, he said, but he’s by no means out of the business of running the city.

He hosted a virtual news conference Monday from his home, Gracie Mansion, saying of his symptoms: “I’m not tired, no aches or pains at all. What does that say? Booster, vaccination.”

His office said Monday that on April 26, he’ll deliver a key address at Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre, where he was supposed to hold his Jan. 1 inauguration event until the Omicron surge forced a postponement.