Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, operating for mayor as an unbiased, speaks throughout a press convention in Midtown Manhattan on Sept. 25, 2025.
Picture by Jonathan Portee
After which there have been three.
After Mayor Eric Adams dropped his bid for reelection Sunday afternoon, the three males looking for to interchange him this November took little time to regulate to the brand new dynamic — digging their heels in with simply over a month to go till Election Day.
Although the mayor had lengthy confronted calls to drop out within the curiosity of clearing a packed subject and acknowledging New Yorkers’ general distaste for his administration, few jumped to applaud his choice on Sunday — save for former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has battled with Adams for reasonable and unbiased votes.
“The choice Mayor Adams made today was not an easy one, but I believe he is sincere in putting the well-being of New York City ahead of personal ambition,” Cuomo wrote in a press release. “We face destructive extremist forces that would devastate our city through incompetence or ignorance, but it is not too late to stop them.”
Although Cuomo, now the one unbiased candidate left within the race, had slammed Adams’ insurance policies all through the marketing campaign, he supplied props to the mayor for his profession in politics.
“Mayor Adams has much to be proud of in his accomplishments,” Cuomo mentioned. “Only in New York can a child raised in a tenement in Bushwick, who once worked as a squeegee boy and a mailroom clerk, rise to become mayor. Whatever differences we may have, Eric Adams’ story is undeniably one of resilience, a testament to the spirit of this city.”
Queens Meeting Member and Democratic nominee for mayor Zohran Mamdani talking at a press convention in Queens on Sept. 26, 2025.Picture by Lloyd Mitchell
Queens Meeting Member Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee who’s operating far forward of his competitors in most polls, gave a terse condemnation of the mayor’s reported ties to President Donald Trump — the New York Occasions reported earlier this month that Adams was in talks with the federal authorities for a possible ambassadorship.
He additionally invoked Cuomo’s reported talks with the president, whom all candidates have rallied towards to various levels.
“Donald Trump and his billionaire donors might be able to determine Eric Adams and Andrew Cuomo’s actions but they will not dictate the results of this election,” Mamdani wrote in a press release. “New York deserves better than trading in one disgraced, corrupt politician for another. On November 4th, we are going to turn the page on the politics of big money and small ideas and deliver a government every New Yorker can be proud of.”
Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa, who has lambasted the mayor’s governance of town all through the period of the marketing campaign, will look to achieve some floor after Adams’ exit, because the mayor had been courting Republican votes as he ran on an unbiased celebration line.
Republican mayoral nominee Curtis Sliwa talking in Union Sq. on Sept. 19, 2025.Picture by Jonathan Portee
“Curtis Sliwa is the only candidate who can defeat Mamdani,” Sliwa spokesperson Daniel Kurzyna wrote in a press release to New York News. “Our team, our resources, and our funding are unmatched. Most importantly, we have the best solutions to help working people afford to stay in New York City and feel safe.”
Although Sliwa’s fundraising stayed largely on par with Adams, Mamdani has far out-fundraised his competitors, just lately hitting the Marketing campaign Finance Board’s $8 million cap.
Mayor Eric Adams dropped out of the New York Metropolis mayor’s race Sunday afternoon, saying the choice in a video filmed from the staircase of Gracie Mansion posted on X.
Adams expressed gratitude for the chance to function mayor for a single time period: “Thank you for making my story a reality,” he wrote within the caption of the put up.
By the point he dropped out, Adams had sunk considerably in most polls, seeing single digits and constantly polling greater than 30 factors behind Mamdani, the race’s chief. With stalled fundraising efforts — a deficit he attributed to media protection of the race — the mayor’s public campaigning efforts had been practically nonexistent for every week.
The Working Households Celebration, which had endorsed Mamdani as its first alternative within the Democratic main, blasted Adams and former Governor Andrew Cuomo — Mamdani’s primary competitors within the race — in response to Adams’ choice. The celebration referred to as Adams and Cuomo “loyal lapdogs” of President Donald Trump, and wrote in a press release that Mamdani is the best alternative for New York Metropolis.
“We’ve known since day one that Cuomo and Adams have always been in the pocket of morally bankrupt billionaires who back Trump and any politician willing to do their bidding,” the celebration wrote in its assertion. “Eric Adams failed New Yorkers as mayor. And now, he is dutifully following their orders to step aside.”
