{"id":18555,"date":"2025-06-27T08:12:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T08:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/18555\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T08:12:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T08:12:15","slug":"nyc-mayor-eric-adams-says-hes-running-against-silver-spoon-candidate-zohran-mamdani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/18555\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Mayor Eric Adams says he’s running against ‘silver spoon’ candidate Zohran Mamdani"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 New York Mayor Eric Adams<\/a> set out Thursday to persuade skeptical voters to grant him a second term, hosting a kickoff event for his independent reelection bid after a corruption indictment<\/a>, a controversial dismissal<\/a> and a decision to drop out of a the Democratic primary<\/a>. <\/p>\n

On the steps of City Hall, Adams rattled off his political accomplishments while punctuating his speech with barbs for the expected Democratic nominee, Zohran Mamdani<\/a>, casting the young liberal as a child of privilege with no real political achievements or realistic policies. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis election is a choice between a candidate with a blue collar\u201d and one with a \u201csilver spoon,\u201d Adams said.<\/p>\n

\u201cA choice between dirty fingernails and manicured nails,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n

Two days ago, progressive upstart Mamdani<\/a> declared a stunning Democratic primary victory<\/a> over former Gov. Andrew Cuomo<\/a>, the presumed favorite despite a sexual harassment scandal that forced him from office<\/a> four years ago. <\/p>\n

Mamdani, a 33-year-old democratic socialist in his third term in the state Assembly, was virtually unknown just months ago but has since skyrocketed to political stardom. His energetic campaign, known for its viral social media videos, has won major momentum through a laser-focus on improving the city\u2019s astronomical cost of living. <\/p>\n

At the same time, Mamdani has endured heat for his past criticisms of law enforcement, thin legislative record and lofty campaign promises. <\/p>\n

Adams, even with all his political baggage, has seemed to relish a general election matchup with Mamdani, seeing a potentially viable lane to reelection if he goes up against the relatively inexperienced progressive.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not interested in Twitter politics, I\u2019m interested in getting the trash picked up,\u201d Adams told his supporters Thursday, digging at Mamdani. \u201cI\u2019m not interested in slogans, I\u2019m interested in solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adams, still a registered Democrat, pulled out of the primary<\/a> to run as an independent candidate in April, shortly after a federal judge dismissed the corruption case against him at the request of President Donald Trump\u2019s Justice Department. The mayor had argued that the legal saga had sidelined him from the campaign trail. He has done little in the way of campaigning since then. <\/p>\n

But as the results in Tuesday\u2019s primary were coming in, showing Mamdani with a commanding position, Adams underscored his own independent run with a post on social media that \u201cthe fight for New York\u2019s future begins tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Results will be finalized after the city\u2019s ranked choice vote-counting<\/a> resumes July 1, and the winner advances to November\u2019s election against candidates including Republican Curtis Sliwa, the founder of the Guardian Angels anti-crime group. <\/p>\n

Adams, 64, is a retired police captain who later became a state senator and Brooklyn\u2019s borough president. He presents himself as a champion of working-class New York, public safety and an upbeat, self-believing attitude he calls \u201cswagger\u201d<\/a> \u2014 the kind of drive that propelled a house-cleaner\u2019s son to become the second Black mayor of the nation\u2019s most populous metropolis. <\/p>\n

Mamdani is the son<\/a> of an award-winning filmmaker and an anthropology professor at Columbia University. He graduated from a private liberal arts college, worked as a foreclosure prevention counselor and had a side-hustle as a rapper before first being elected to the New York Assembly in 2020. <\/p>\n

In a statement Thursday, Mamdani said: \u201cNew Yorkers have been suffocated by a cost of living crisis and this Mayor has taken almost every opportunity to exacerbate it, all while partnering with Donald Trump to tear our city apart.\u201d<\/p>\n

Democratic nominees generally enjoy strong tailwinds in a city where about two-thirds of registered voters are Democrats. But New Yorkers elected an unaffiliated mayor as recently as 2009, when incumbent Mike Bloomberg won a third term after leaving the Republican Party. <\/p>\n

The big question for Adams: whether he can overcome his shaky standing<\/a> with voters. <\/p>\n

He has no shortage of detractors. <\/p>\n

Protesters frequently interrupted his reelection rally on Thursday, chanting from a nearby park. As Adams stepped behind a podium and readied himself to deliver remarks, a protester emerged just feet away, yelling at the mayor. He was swiftly removed. Almost immediately after, another protester appeared, calling the mayor a \u201ccriminal\u201d before he too was removed. <\/p>\n

Still, Adams might have a chance to woo moderate and business-focused Cuomo supporters who are uneasy about Mamdani. The incumbent\u2019s campaign event featured faith leaders, some of whom delivered remarks before Adams, and was attended by some former elected officials.<\/p>\n

Cuomo himself is mulling an independent campaign that would put him on the general election ballot as well. <\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

This story has been corrected to show that Adams said he is \u201cnot interested in Twitter politics,\u201d not that he is \u201dnot interesting in Twitter politics.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 New York Mayor Eric Adams set out Thursday to persuade skeptical voters to grant…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18556,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,5297,17628,5340,69,90,5289,57,17629,405,403,404,5226,5225,5228,406,5227,80,61,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,333],"class_list":{"0":"post-18555","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-andrew-cuomo","10":"tag-corruption","11":"tag-curtis-sliwa","12":"tag-donald-trump","13":"tag-elections","14":"tag-eric-adams","15":"tag-general-news","16":"tag-mike-bloomberg","17":"tag-new-york","18":"tag-new-york-city","19":"tag-new-york-city-wire","20":"tag-newyork","21":"tag-newyorkcity","22":"tag-ny","23":"tag-ny-state-wire","24":"tag-nyc","25":"tag-politics","26":"tag-u-s-news","27":"tag-united-states","28":"tag-united-states-of-america","29":"tag-unitedstates","30":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","31":"tag-us","32":"tag-usa","33":"tag-voting"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114754325488933167","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}