This is the ‘American Dream’: Eric

Eric Adams was serenaded by cheers — and shed a few tears — as he voted Tuesday at the end of a long and arduous Democratic primary race.

The Brooklyn borough president paid tribute to his late mother, Dorothy Mae Adams, as he cast his ballot just after dawn at Public School 81 in Bedford-Stuyvesant.

“This has been an amazing journey,” an emotional Adams (photo) told supporters and media gathered outside the school.

“This is the American Dream. I am a New York story.”

Supporters chanted “Eric, Eric” and “The champ is here” after Adams emerged from the school with his son, Jordan, by his side.

Adams recalled his mom, who died in March at 83, as an inspirational figure who pushed him to overcome a learning disability, poverty and police brutality.

Win or lose, he declared victory in overcoming life’s obstacles.

“My success is the journey,” Adams said.

“This is a moment where the little guy has won. We’ve won already.

“I hope every young man and woman that’s out there that has a learning disability, I want them to know they can be just like Eric,” he said.

“That has been arrested? They can be just like Eric.”

The winner will be chosen using the new ranked-choice voting system, adding to the uncertainty of the race and raising the specter of a long wait for results.

Adams said he ranked five candidates on his ballot, but refused to say which of his opponents he chose for the Nos. 2 through 5 slots.