Mayor Adams told senior officials in his administration Wednesday that he has received at least one offer for a job once he leaves City Hall at the end of the year, according to four sources with direct knowledge of the matter.
Adams, who last month abandoned his reelection bid amid continuing controversies stemming from his federal corruption indictment, made the revelation in a virtual morning meeting with top staff. He didn’t share details or say whether his next job will be in the public or private sector, said the sources, who were on the call.
One of the sources, who, like the others, spoke on condition of anonymity, told the Daily News that Adams indicated there might be more than one job offer on the table for him. Two of the sources said the mayor did say the offer, or offers, he has received would amount to an opportunity “of a lifetime,” second to being mayor of New York City.
In a radio appearance later in the day, Adams confirmed he’s “looking at” three job offers.
“They are my dream jobs,” he said on “The Reset Talk Show” without sharing specifics. “For the last six, seven months, I was being recruited and these are the jobs that I’m looking at that I always wanted to do outside of being mayor, and I’m really excited. God is blessing me. You know, normally you get one dream job in your lifetime, I have an opportunity to do another dream job, and I’m just really excited about what is on the horizon, I have just gotten started.”
Spokesmen for Adams didn’t immediately return requests for more details.
Starting at the end of the summer, advisers to President Trump were involved in talks about offering Adams a job in the Trump administration, potentially an ambassadorship to Saudi Arabia, sources have said. Such an arrangement would have been contingent on Adams committing to ditching his independent reelection bid, according to sources.
The aim of the Trump team’s effort was to get Adams out of the race to maximize independent candidate Andrew Cuomo’s chances of beating Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani, whose tax-the-rich agenda has unnerved the president and his allies as well as local business communities.
There have also been talks about Adams getting a private-sector job in exchange for dropping out of the race, as previously reported by The News.
In the wake of those talks, Adams ended his reelection campaign on Sept. 28. He will leave office Jan. 1.
Trump’s Justice Department quashed Adams’ corruption indictment this past spring as part of a controversial arrangement that many believe has left the mayor beholden to the president.
Originally Published: October 15, 2025 at 10:31 AM EDT