Mayor Adams Monday slammed opponent Andrew Cuomo as having gone again on his phrase, saying that as the previous governor weighed leaping into the mayoral race, he informed neighborhood leaders he wouldn’t be taking over the mayor.
Adams additionally known as the ex-gov a “double digit loser” for his 12-point major loss towards Zohran Mamdani in his remarks at an unrelated press convention.
“While he was contemplating running for office, he would go around to Black and brown leaders and say, ‘I will never run against Eric Adams. I’m only running if Eric is not going to be in the race. I’m not going to run against him,’” the mayor mentioned.
“Did he keep his word? No, he did not.”
“We have no recollection of that and if it was said it was before the mayor became a de facto Republican,” Wealthy Azzopardi, a spokesperson for Cuomo, mentioned of the mayor’s feedback.
By the point Cuomo did enter the race on March 1, Adams was nonetheless within the race as a Democrat, although he had come beneath harsh criticism over the dismissal of his corruption indictment by President Trump’s Division of Justice and the notion of a corrupt take care of the president over immigration.
Adams introduced he was stepping out of the Democratic race and operating as an unbiased in April.
Cuomo is now additionally mounting an unbiased bid for mayor.
Initially Printed: July 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM EDT
