{"id":213528,"date":"2025-09-09T18:52:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T18:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/213528\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T18:52:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T18:52:16","slug":"nycs-rich-and-powerful-flock-to-cuomo-with-cash-and-job-offers-to-lure-adams-out-of-the-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/213528\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC’s rich and powerful flock to Cuomo with cash — and job offers to lure Adams out of the race"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some of New York\u2019s most powerful billionaires are again lining up behind Andrew Cuomo\u2019s bid to become mayor<\/a>, with pledges to pump more cash into his campaign and engage in efforts to help Mayor Adams find a lucrative private sector job that might induce him to exit the race for City Hall, the Daily News has learned.<\/p>\n

The multi-pronged efforts \u2014 which hit a fever pitch this weekend \u2014 come as advisers to President Trump have also engaged in talks to offer Adams a job in Trump\u2019s administration, ostensibly to help clear the mayoral field for Cuomo.<\/p>\n

On the private sector side, a job at Related Companies<\/a>, one of the city\u2019s largest real estate developers, has been floated to Adams as an off-ramp for him to drop out, sources familiar with the matter said.<\/p>\n

The pushes to get Adams a new job are aimed at maximizing Cuomo\u2019s chances in November\u2019s mayoral election as he faces a polling deficit running as an independent against Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani, a socialist who has alarmed the business community with proposed tax hikes on the rich.<\/p>\n

Cuomo\u2019s polling as the most formidable candidate to take on Mamdani<\/a>, but the ex-gov is seen as having a narrower path to victory if Adams stays in, leading to the scramble to try to get him to suspend his longshot reelection campaign. A Siena\/New York Times poll released Tuesday showed Mamdani would face a much tighter contest were he and Cuomo to face off head-to-head.<\/a><\/p>\n

On Saturday, Laurie Tisch, a billionaire investor, wrote in an email to friends and associates she hopes the city\u2019s business communities will do everything in their power to boost Cuomo, who resigned as governor in 2021<\/a> amid sexual and professional misconduct accusations he denies.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no more time for delay, discussion, or dithering \u2014 we must act decisively to ensure that the mayor of New York City is Andrew Cuomo,\u201d Tisch wrote in the message, a copy of which was obtained by The News.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have all spent countless hours debating the possibilities of how this race may play out. But the reality and the poll numbers are clear: The only viable candidate with the experience, support and gravitas to defeat Zohran Mamdani is Governor Andrew Cuomo,\u201d continued Tisch\u2019s email, which\u00a0invited recepients to a Sept. 24 fundraiser for Cuomo\u2019s campaign at her home that she added the ex-gov is expected to attend. \u201cThat is why it is imperative that we come together now, hear directly from Andrew, as he lays out his vision for the final ten weeks of this campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jeff Blau, the CEO of Related Companies, followed up Monday night by sending out a similarly worded email inviting business leaders to an emergency Tuesday morning meeting with Cuomo at the Seagram Building in Manhattan to discuss the mayoral race.<\/p>\n

\u201cSorry for the late notice, but there is no more time for delay, discussion, or dithering \u2014 we must act decisively to ensure that the next mayor of New York is Andrew Cuomo,\u201d Blau wrote in his email, first reported<\/a> by the New York Times, echoing the language Tisch used.<\/p>\n

The email from Blau was also signed by his wife, investor Lisa Blau, Tisch, hedge fund manager Gregg Hymowitz and Aby Rosen, the Seagram Building\u2019s co-owner. Tisch, Hymowitz and Rosen were all big donors to Cuomo\u2019s failed run in June\u2019s Democratic mayoral primary.<\/p>\n

\"Jeff<\/p>\n

Getty<\/p>\n

Jeff Blau, CEO of Related Companies. (Getty)<\/p>\n

Blau, whose company holds more than $60 billion in assets across the world, has also been involved in talks to offer Adams a private sector job, according to two sources familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n

One of the sources, who like the others spoke on condition of anonymity, told The News that Blau\u2019s push appears centered on offering Adams a job in global security. That source noted such a job would likely come with a salary in the seven figures, far more than what a Trump administration job would pay.<\/p>\n

Frank Carone, who\u2019s helping lead Adams\u2019 reelection campaign<\/a>, didn\u2019t deny conversations about a Related job for Adams are underway, but said he hasn\u2019t been part of any such talks.<\/p>\n

A rep for Blau declined to comment.<\/p>\n

Asked at an unrelated Monday press conference about Cuomo\u2019s meeting with Blau and other business leaders, Adams said he understands there\u2019s concern from corporate communities about what Mamdani \u201cwould do to the city.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I don\u2019t blame them for sitting down with Andrew or whomever else,\u201d Adams said.<\/p>\n

A Cuomo campaign spokesman said he\u2019s unaware of any talks between Blau and Adams about a job offer.<\/p>\n

In her email to friends and associates, Tisch wrote the push to give Cuomo an upper hand must involve efforts to \u201cunite\u201d and \u201corganize.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we fail to mobilize, the financial capital of the world risks being handed over to a socialist this November,\u201d she wrote, referring to Mamdani, who has vowed to raise taxes on corporations and millionaires in order to fund programs like free public buses and subsidized child care.<\/p>\n

Mamdani spokeswoman Dora Pekec said: \u201cWhile billionaires continue to panic and scheme behind closed doors, our campaign is mobilizing tens of thousands of New Yorkers to get involved in the democratic process and rally around an agenda to make this city affordable.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Zohran<\/p>\n

Barry Williams\/ New York Daily News<\/p>\n

Zohran Mamdani marches with Senator Bernie Sanders in the New York City Labor Day Parade on Sept. 5. (Barry Williams\/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

Many of the city\u2019s business leaders soured on Cuomo after he lost by more than 12% to Mamdani in June\u2019s Democratic mayoral primary. Some then turned to Adams, who\u2019s also running as an independent in November\u2019s election, seeing him as a potential option.<\/p>\n

But the new moves from Blau, Tisch and others indicate many in the billionaire class are again coalescing around Cuomo. Last week, Bill Ackman, a Trump-supporting hedge fund manager, said he\u2019s backing Cuomo again after having endorsed Adams on the heels of the Democratic primary, saying it has \u201cbecome increasingly clear\u201d the incumbent can\u2019t beat Mamdani in November.<\/p>\n

Adams \u2014 who remains historically unpopular amid continued fallout from his federal corruption indictment<\/a> \u2014 has insisted he\u2019s staying in the race. Most polls predict Adams would place fourth, behind Mamdani, Cuomo and Republican mayoral nominee Curtis Sliwa, who has also maintained he won\u2019t drop out.<\/p>\n

Behind closed doors, Adams and top aides have engaged in talks about both private and public sector job opportunities, according to sources. Last week, Shapiro, his spokesman, confirmed Adams recently sat down with Steve Witkoff, a top Trump adviser, in Florida amid talks for the mayor to accept a role as a U.S. ambassador in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n

In an appearance on right-wing talk radio host Sid Rosenberg\u2019s show Tuesday, Trump said he hasn\u2019t personally spoken with Adams about a job in his administration. But Trump \u2014 who claimed credit for having \u201chelped out\u201d Adams by getting his indictment dismissed \u2014 acknowledged the mayor is \u201cpolling badly\u201d and that Mamdani can likely only be defeated if Cuomo faces off against him alone.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you had two people drop out, could somebody win? The answer is maybe,\u201d Trump said, \u201cbut even that\u2019s going to be a little bit of a long shot, I guess, based on the polls.\u201d<\/p>\n

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