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\n The ambassadorship to Saudi Arabia. A post at the Department of Housing and Urban Development. A security job inside a major real estate company.\n <\/p>\n
\n New York City Mayor Eric Adams hasn\u2019t taken any of those opportunities, though it\u2019s open for debate which of them were real and which were rumors spread to undercut him.\n <\/p>\n
\n The effort by Trump\u2019s allies to get Adams<\/a> to drop his reelection bid, helping Andrew Cuomo consolidate the opposition to Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani, appears to have all but collapsed for now<\/a>. Days after meeting with top Trump adviser Steve Witkoff, Adams accused outsiders of ignoring his position as the incumbent mayor and for good measure labeled<\/a> Cuomo a \u201csnake and a liar.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n But as Adams publicly digs in, recent public polls have him in fourth place, not just behind Mamdani and Cuomo but also trailing Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa.\n <\/p>\n \n Two sources familiar with the mayor\u2019s thinking say despite his public assurances, he knows his time as mayor will likely come to an end this year whether his campaign makes it to November or not. The same sources warn about quickly changing circumstances and emphasize Adams could remain in the race but is open to a clear off-ramp if one emerges soon.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cLife has never been fair, and so we can\u2019t run around and complain about it. We just gotta fight and do what we do best,\u201d Adams said in a recent radio interview.\n <\/p>\n \n During a meeting before some of the city\u2019s business leaders this week, Adams appeared resigned to a loss, according to two sources in the meeting who were granted anonymity to speak freely.\n <\/p>\n \n The sources said Adams conveyed to members of the Association for Better New York, which hosted the meeting, that he would consider leaving the race if his standing in the polls did not improve.\n <\/p>\n \n Todd Shapiro, a spokesperson for the Adams campaign, dismissed the characterization of those sources, saying the mayor did not imply to guests that he was leaving the race. Shapiro said the campaign is working on its own internal polling.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cHe never alluded to leaving the race. He clearly indicated that he will be spending resources to get his message out and will then look at his own independent poll to make a decision,\u201d Shapiro said in a statement. \u201cNothing he said should give any indication that he has abandoned the race. He remains fully committed to doing his job and serving the people of this city.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n Gregg Bishop, who formerly served as Mayor Bill de Blasio\u2019s small business commissioner and attended the meeting, said Adams appeared \u201cpragmatic\u201d when he addressed the group.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cWhat we saw is somebody who understood where he stands now,\u201d Bishop said. \u201cBut he is refusing to accept those polls unless there is a survey done that is commissioned by him. He said his people \u2014 Black people in the outer boroughs who backed him \u2014 might have changed their minds, but he said he wants to get them back.\u201d Bishop said.\n <\/p>\n \n Bishop said Adams acknowledged he would be willing to step down from the race if it would mean preventing Mamdani, who he sees as dangerous for the city, from winning the election.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201c\u2018I\u2019m not blind,\u2019 is basically what he was saying,\u201d Bishop added.\n <\/p>\n \n Sliwa has said he is not leaving the race either. And Trump, who has called Mamdani a \u201ccommunist\u201d and suggested two people should drop out of the race, has sounded somewhat resigned to Mamdani\u2019s potential win.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cWe\u2019ll get used to a communist, and he\u2019s going to have to go through the White House and get approvals for everything, and we\u2019re going to make sure that New York is not hurt,\u201d Trump told reporters at the White House.\n <\/p>\n \n Whether Adams stays in the race or not, a crucial deadline expired Thursday.\n <\/p>\n \n The city\u2019s Board of Election ballot certification deadline marked the last day for the board to formalize the official list of candidates and parties that will appear on the ballot.\n <\/p>\n \n If Adams were to drop out of the race after the ballot is certified and printed, it is likely that his name will appear on the ballot in November but that his votes will not be counted.\n <\/p>\n \n The city\u2019s Board of Elections is expected to print ballots by Tuesday and send mail-in ballots to voters by next Friday, as required by state law.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cAt some point we run out of runway, and we have to print millions and millions of ballots,\u201d Vincent Ignizio, deputy executive director of the board, told CNN.\n <\/p>\n ![\"New](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/gettyimages-2234666708.jpg\")
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