Simply 20% of New York Metropolis voters approve of the job Mayor Adams is doing as he faces calls to resign amid the Trump Justice Division’s controversial bid to drop his federal corruption indictment, in accordance with a brand new ballot launched Wednesday.
The Quinnipiac College ballot’s discovering marks the bottom approval score a New York Metropolis mayor has obtained in a Quinnipiac survey because the college began quizzing native voters on that metric practically 30 years in the past. Quinnipiac’s earlier all-time low was the 28% approval score Adams acquired in a survey from December 2023, 9 months earlier than his indictment.
“Unpopular even before an indictment on federal corruption charges, voters’ confidence in Mayor Adams sinks to a new low now that his legal case has become a national controversy,” stated Mary Snow, Quinnipiac’s assistant polling director.
The ballot additionally discovered 67% of metropolis voters disapprove of the job Adams is doing, whereas 13% declined to opine on his efficiency.
The ballot surveyed 1,260 registered metropolis voters between Feb. 27 and this previous Monday.
Although additionally deeply unpopular in New York Metropolis, President Trump scored a greater score than Adams, with Quinnipiac giving him a 30%-65% approval-disapproval cut up.
Simply 18% of these surveyed say Adams is “honest and trustworthy,” whereas 69% replied he’s not. These surveyed stated by a margin of 57%-30% that they disapprove of his dealing with of public security, the primary subject he campaigned on throughout his profitable 2021 run for mayor.
The troubling findings for Adams come after Trump’s political appointees on the Justice Division moved final month to drop the mayor’s indictment with the understanding that it could possibly be introduced again for a brand new prosecution as quickly as November.
In a dismissal request that’s nonetheless pending approval from a federal decide, Trump’s DOJ wrote it expects quashing the mayor’s case will higher permit him to facilitate Trump’s effort to focus on undocumented New Yorkers for “mass deportations,” a caveat that has led many to consider the mayor is beholden to Trump’s agenda.
Adams denies partaking in any quid professional quo with Trump’s administration.
President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress on the U.S. Capitol on March 4, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photograph by Andrew Harnik/Getty Pictures)
The weird nature of the dismissal request has prompted quite a few native prime elected leaders to name on Adams to step down, and Quinnipiac’s ballot recommend New York Metropolis voters additionally need him out of workplace. In response to the ballot, 56% of voters suppose Adams ought to resign, whereas 35% suppose he ought to keep. The ballot additionally discovered 56% of voters need Adams to face up extra to Trump on immigration points, vs. 33% who need extra cooperation.
Adams spokeswoman Kayla Mamelak wouldn’t immediately deal with the ballot’s findings, however stated the mayor “ran to make our city safer and more affordable, and we’re doing that every day.”
“Mayor Adams and his administration will continue to deliver for New Yorkers every day as we make our city the best place to raise a family,” she stated.
Whereas the incumbent’s recognition plummets, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo — who introduced final weekend he’s difficult Adams in June’s Democratic mayoral major — stays a favourite within the race.
Quinnipiac’s pollsters discovered that if the first was held in the present day, 31% of Democratic major voters would vote for Cuomo, whereas 11% would again Adams. Cuomo’s lead within the race was boosted by an outsized quantity voters who think about themselves political “moderates,” per the ballot.
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New York Metropolis mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo attends an occasion at New York Metropolis Council of Carpenters in New York on March 2, 2025. (Photograph by KENA BETANCUR/AFP through Getty Pictures)
Queens Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist who’s additionally difficult Adams, got here in third within the major race ballot, netting 8%, whereas fellow mayoral candidates Scott Stringer acquired 6%, Brad Lander 5%, Jessica Ramos 4% and Zellnor Myrie 1%.
Although not a declared candidate for mayor, Metropolis Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, who’s contemplating a run, netted 4% assist within the mayoral race survey. Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, who’d change into performing mayor if Eric Adams resigns, acquired 7% assist, although he hasn’t introduced a marketing campaign, both.
Notably, 16% of the Democratic major voters polled stated they’re “undecided” within the mayoral race.
The Democratic mayoral major is scheduled for June 24, and Snow, the Quinnipiac pollster, stated the “undecided” class is a “key number to watch” because the election attracts nearer.
The ballot queried 1,260 New York Metropolis self-identified registered voters between Feb, 27 and March 3, Quinnipiac stated. The ballot had a margin of error of plus or minus 2.8 %.
