{"id":274095,"date":"2025-10-03T08:32:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T08:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/274095\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T08:32:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T08:32:13","slug":"michael-bloomberg-broke-eric-adams-heart-when-he-endorsed-andrew-cuomo-in-nyc-mayoral-election-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/274095\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Bloomberg broke Eric Adams&#8217; heart when he endorsed Andrew Cuomo in NYC mayoral election: book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Their Bloom-ing bromance ended in heartbreak.<\/p>\n<p>Eric Adams privately felt betrayed when Michael\u00a0Bloomberg endorsed Andrew Cuomo over him for mayor earlier this year, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/02\/us-news\/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-ex-girlfriend-jasmine-ray-is-releasing-tell-all-book\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">new tell-all book<\/a> by his ex-girlfriend and sports czar Jasmine Ray.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEric brushed it off publicly, but privately, I could hear the crack in his voice,\u201d Ray wrote in her memoir, obtained by The Post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe admitted that people he admired had broken his heart. Bloomberg was one of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.06555671;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37278933\" width=\"629\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/mayor-eric-adams-honoree-michael-112662027.jpg\" alt=\"Mayor Eric Adams and Honoree Michael R. Bloomberg attend the Museum of the City of New York's Centennial Gala honoring Michael R. Bloomberg on May 24, 2023 in New York City. \" class=\"wp-image-37278933\"  \/>Mayor Eric Adams had gushed over his predecessor Michael Bloomberg\u2019s mentorship, a new tell-all reveals. Getty Images for Museum Of The City Of New York<\/p>\n<p>The glimpse into Adams\u2019 sorrow is one of many shocking, intimate moments revealed in Ray\u2019s upcoming self-published book \u201cPolitical Humanity,\u201d set to come out Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Adams had basked in his victory in 2021\u2019s mayoral election, not least because Bloomberg took him under his wing, Ray wrote.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>He took Ray \u2014 with whom he had an intimate relationship years earlier \u2014 to Staten Island\u2019s boardwalk and gushed to her about the former three-term mayor\u2019s mentorship, she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Bloomberg was putting him through \u201cmayor school,\u201d Adams said, according to the book.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.50146628;display:block\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37278934\" width=\"886\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/214-w-14sr-mhtn-speaking-111539573.jpg\" alt=\"Andrew Cuomo, former NYS Gov and now Independent candidate for NYC Mayor, spoke at City Employees Union Local 237.\" class=\"wp-image-37278934\"  \/>Bloomberg\u2019s endorsement of Andrew Cuomo broke Adams\u2019 heart, the book contends. Robert Miller<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis gratitude in that moment was undeniable; you could hear the respect in his voice and see it in the way he recounted their conversations. But even admiration has its shadows,\u201d the book reads.<\/p>\n<p>As scandals rocked Adams\u2019 first term, Bloomberg jumped ship.<\/p>\n<p>He <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/10\/us-news\/mike-bloomberg-endorses-andrew-cuomo-in-nyc-mayoral-race\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">endorsed Cuomo<\/a> in June for both the Democratic primary and the general election \u2014 and threw millions towards a pro-Cuomo Super PAC.<\/p>\n<p>Bloomberg\u2019s reps declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Additional reporting by Carl Campanile<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Their Bloom-ing bromance ended in heartbreak. 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