Mayor Adams plans to fulfill privately subsequent week with Sid Rosenberg, an influential conservative speak radio host who just lately had a falling-out with the mayor, however whose sizable viewers might be a key voting bloc for him in November’s election.
Rosenberg’s “Sid and Friends” present, New York’s No. 1 speak radio morning hit, touts an viewers largely comprising centrist and conservative New Yorkers — constituencies that might be important for Adams as he scrambles to construct a coalition to again him in November.
Rosenberg’s present presents a direct pipeline to these segments of voters, and media observers be aware the mayor doubtless is conscious Rosenberg’s frequent, harsh on-air tirades in opposition to him stand to wound him politically.
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Sid Rosenberg and Eric Adams at Wolfgang’s Steakhouse in Manhattan.
After not talking for nicely over a yr, reps for Adams, who’s working as an impartial in November’s election, just lately reached out to Rosenberg to arrange a personal sit-down, now confirmed for Tuesday afternoon at Gracie Mansion.
Khadijah Costley White, a media research professor at Rutgers College, mentioned it seems Adams could also be extending an olive department to Rosenberg to attempt to “cut into where he can” for political assist.
“Obviously, Adams is going to need to create a coalition that is much different than the one that he had to create [in 2021] in order to become mayor,” she mentioned, referencing his first election.
Adams is dealing with some robust electoral math within the November contest. Nonetheless reeling from fallout from his federal corruption indictment, Adams is squaring off in opposition to Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani, the favourite to win, in addition to ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa and lawyer Jim Walden.
He famous he a number of months in the past had an identical assembly with Cuomo, who’s additionally working as an impartial in opposition to Mamdani, a democratic socialist.
“You betcha,” Rosenberg mentioned when requested if he believes the sit-down will probably be a chance for Adams to attempt to persuade him to tone down his on-air criticisms. “You think if you’re Eric Adams or Andrew Cuomo you want this loudmouth shouting at them every morning on the radio?”
“This will be the first time in a long time I will talk to him, it’s long overdue for him and for me,” continued Rosenberg, an ardent supporter of President Trump who has endorsed Sliwa within the mayoral election.
“I think it only makes sense that the mayor and I sit down and have a spirited conversation … I may even raise my voice, and he may say ‘Hey Sid, go f–k yourself.’”
For many of his time in Metropolis Corridor, Adams was shut with Rosenberg, who used to name the mayor a “good friend,” usually socialized with him and sometimes invited him on his morning speak radio present for chummy interviews.
However that modified in spring 2024, when pro-Palestinian protests erupted throughout the town and Rosenberg grew livid with Adams for what he perceived as his administration’s insufficiently aggressive response.
Rosenberg stopped speaking to Adams and commenced pummelling him on the air, accusing him of turning a blind eye to antisemitism whereas additionally knocking him for his federal corruption indictment.
Sliwa, who’s shut with Rosenberg, mentioned he additionally believes Adams is attempting to curry political favor with Rosenberg’s listeners by assembly with him.
“That is a group that Eric Adams desperately needs to do well with … It’s a group with lots of votes,” Sliwa mentioned. “We feed off the same base.”
Along with himself and Adams, Rosenberg mentioned John Chell, the NYPD’s chief of division, and Kaz Daughtry, the mayor’s deputy for public security, will attend the closed-door assembly. He added it was arrange by Kayla Mamelak, the mayor’s spokeswoman at Metropolis Corridor.
Mamelak mentioned she was concerned in her official spokesperson capability as a result of Rosenberg is a present host and “the mayor meets with reporters and show hosts all the time.”
“A show host wants to meet with the mayor and I’m helping set that up,” she mentioned over textual content. “That is literally part of my job. Working with the press.”
Initially Revealed: August 1, 2025 at 10:47 AM EDT
