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Mayor of New York Eric Adams A press conference was held on Friday, where he dispelled widespread rumors that he would withdraw from his reelection and vowed to stay in the game, saying, “I’m running and I’m going to beat Mandani.”
Adams was elected as Democratic mayor in 2022 and is facing a tough struggle with Democratic mayor candidates for independence. Zohran MamdaniUgandan-born Muslim and socialist. Former New York Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo was also independent after losing to Mamdani in the Democratic junior match in June.
Adams aims at Mamdani and Cuomo “I have two spoiled kids running for mayor,” he said in a press conference on Friday.
Adams said: “I want to be with you.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams reported Friday that he had been considering withdrawing from re-election to serve in the Trump administration. (Fox News)
He continued: “This is a critical and important time and we have to do it right.”
“They have silver spoons in their mouths. Not like working-class New Yorkers. I’m a working-class New Yorker. They don’t like us.” “They never fought. They never had to struggle. They never had to struggle. They never had a tough time like you, and I had to go through New Yorkers.”
He specifically targeted Cuomo, accusing him of “removing black candidates from the game’s career.”
He also talked about rumors that he is discussing with President Donald Trump’s possible participation in the administration.
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New York Mayor and Independence Candidate Andrew Cuomo held a funeral for the New York State New York Police Department near Parkchester, Bronx, New York on July 31, 2025. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
“There are a lot of reports that I was in Washington on Monday and those reports were wrong. I’m not,” Adams said. “I’m going to be all over the city in five boroughs, which makes me the mayor in the first place. I’m running for re-election every day, and I tell New Yorkers every day why I believe I should be the mayor of New York City in 2026.”
He admitted that he was very behind Mandani in the polls, but refuted it, saying, “I heard the polls, I heard the comments and the experts.
“But these polls show Andrew Cuomo rose 36 points, and even his polls raised him by ten, which he said he was going to be the mayor of New York City and he thought he was a comfort because he decided to go down, because he decided to go down, and he was determined to go down. [as governor]. ”
New York City Democratic mayor nominee Zohran Mamdani on Thursday, August 14, 2025, an anti-Trump tour in the Bronx. (Deirdre Heaveny/Fox News Numbers)
“I’m running, I’m going to beat Mamdani, and I’m going to continue the success the city has witnessed,” he said.
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“I promised myself to devote myself to the city I like, and I will continue to do that. The polo shirt I wore said, New York City Mayor Eric Adams, I will wear it for another four years.”
