{"id":198178,"date":"2025-09-04T00:28:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T00:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/198178\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T00:28:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T00:28:09","slug":"nyc-mayor-eric-adams-insists-he-isnt-ending-his-reelection-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/198178\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Mayor Eric Adams insists he isn\u2019t ending his reelection campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 New York City Mayor Eric Adams insisted Wednesday that he isn\u2019t dropping his reelection campaign after\u2026<\/p>\n

NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 New York City Mayor Eric Adams insisted Wednesday that he isn\u2019t dropping his reelection campaign<\/a> after reports he had been approached about potentially taking a job with the federal government.<\/p>\n

Trump administration intermediaries recently reached out to people close to Adams, a Democrat, to discuss whether he would be open to abandoning his reelection campaign to take a federal job, according to a person familiar with those conversations.<\/p>\n

The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because of the private nature of those conversations.<\/p>\n

It was unclear how far those talks progressed, but as media reports about them multiplied, Adams insisted in interviews and through a spokesperson that he had no intention of dropping out of the contest against Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani<\/a>, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa.<\/p>\n

\u201cMayor Adams has not met with Donald Trump \u2014 don\u2019t believe the noise. He is not dropping out of the race,\u201d said his campaign spokesperson, Todd Shapiro.<\/p>\n

After Mamdani romped in the Democratic primary, which Adams had skipped, some pundits suggested that the 33-year-old democratic socialist might be unbeatable in the general election unless either Cuomo or Adams dropped out. <\/p>\n

During a series of television interviews where he had intended to talk about his efforts to fight crime in the city, Adams battled back against the idea that he might leave the race.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf there\u2019s any changes in this race, I will announce that,\u201d Adams told Fox 5. \u201cRight now, we\u2019re moving straight ahead to do \u2014 No. 1, serve this city as we\u2019re currently doing, doing a darn good job. And we\u2019re looking forward to reelection.\u201d<\/p>\n

After spending Tuesday in Florida after his 65th birthday, Adams was asked whether he met with anyone from the Trump administration while there. The mayor would only say that he \u201cmet with several political figures,\u201d including Miami\u2019s Republican mayor. <\/p>\n

\u201cI met with several political figures in Florida,\u201d he told PIX11, saying the trip was to \u201cdeal with some personal issues.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adams, in that interview, pushed back against questions about whether he would exit the contest but added: \u201cI\u2019ve never had a problem finding jobs as I transition.\u201d <\/p>\n

Later Wednesday, Adams reiterated at an unrelated news conference that he\u2019s still running for reelection and didn\u2019t go to Florida to \u201cseek a job,\u201d adding that he often receives job offers from boards, educational institutions and others who have been impressed with what he\u2019s done with the city.<\/p>\n

Mamdani held a news conference in Manhattan on Wednesday, calling the reports \u201can affront to democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know that this city will decide its own future. And we know that it is New Yorkers that we will turn to to make that decision in November, not the White House in Washington, D.C.,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

Adams had previously quit the Democratic primary after he was charged in a federal corruption case. The Trump administration successfully moved<\/a> to drop the case so the mayor could better assist with the president\u2019s immigration agenda, which freed Adams up to run as an independent in the general election, but has not helped his image in the overwhelmingly Democratic city. <\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Cuomo, who is now running as an independent candidate, did not immediately return a request for comment. <\/p>\n

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