Adams is most notable for her decades of first-hand reporting on personalities from the worlds of entertainment and politics, especially for the New York Post newspaper.

[6][7] Later biographies by Adams included actor Lee Strasberg (1980)[8] and political matriarch Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy (1995).

When Imelda Marcos, Leona Helmsley, John Gotti, Claus von Bülow, Sydney Biddle Barrows, Mario Biaggi, Bess Myerson and Stanley Friedman all attended a birthday gala that Adams hosted for her husband, he famously remarked to the crowd: "If you're indicted, you're invited.

"[10][11] In 2003, Cindy Adams authored a St. Martin's Publishing Group book titled The Gift of Jazzy, a memoir of appreciation for her pet dog.

[22] After the 1999 death of Joey Adams, Cindy's husband of nearly 47 years, a friend gave her a new loving, loyal companion to help fill the void, a canine named Jazzy.

[27] In 2004, she garnered the support of television journalist Barbara Walters, socialite Ivana Trump, attorney Barry Slotnick, writer Tama Janowitz, and New York City Council Speaker Gifford Miller, to pass the Boarding Kennel and Regulation Act, also known as "Jazzy's Law".

[25] According to Adams, "To prevent others from suffering my pain, this local 'Boarding Kennel and Regulation Act' will: license kennels, monitor them regularly, fine those in violation, require records and rules, demand boarded pets prove vaccination and immunization against contagious doggy diseases.

[1][2][29][30] Cindy attended Andrew Jackson High School in Queens, New York, but did not graduate as planned in 1946, citing an incomplete sewing assignment in home economics.

[35] Adams ceased writing her regular New York Post column in May 2010 without notice, and there was no news beyond brief mentions that she was "unwell".

In late June, Liz Smith, another gossip columnist (previously with the Post), reported in her online column that Adams was ill with a stomach malady.

A Christian Scientist, Adams had avoided medical help until forced by friends Barbara Walters and television judge Judith Sheindlin to obtain it.

[36] Adams's column returned to the Post on September 20, 2010, explaining that she had received intensive care for a ruptured appendix, anemia, sepsis, and damaged heart valves.

With gallows humor, she summarized her near-death experience by referencing a recently deceased news icon: "Seems another day and I'd have been interviewing Walter Cronkite.