Mayor Eric Adams.
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Mayor Eric Adams‘ marketing campaign continued to insist Thursday that Hizzoner would keep within the mayoral common election, even whereas saying that it might conduct its personal “independent poll” to decide on whether or not or not he’ll drop out.
Adams’ marketing campaign spokesperson, Todd Shapiro, stated in an announcement that Adams “never alluded” to exiting the competition in a non-public assembly on Wednesday, as NBC New York reported. In the course of the confab, Adams — a Democrat working as an unbiased — reportedly expressed openness to suspending his marketing campaign if his basement-level ballot numbers don’t enhance.
“The Mayor has always said he puts New York City first — and he has,” Shapiro stated. “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. Nothing 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.”
“This is 9/11, I lost a lot of friends, and really have some respect, okay,” Adams instructed the reporter.
Mayor Eric Adams (r.) together with dignitaries together with New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on the 9/11 Memorial and Museum on Sept. 11, 2025 for a ceremony marking the twenty fourth anniversary of the terrorist assaults on the World Commerce Middle, the Pentagon and United Airways Flight 93.Picture by Dean Moses
Growing strain on Adams as ballot numbers tank
Adams is going through a rising push to finish his ill-fated reelection bid in an effort to give former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who can be working as an unbiased, the most effective probability at defeating Democratic nominee and frontrunner Zohran Mamdani. Cuomo is polling second to Mamdani, with Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa coming behind him, and Adams putting fourth.
Along with Cuomo himself, the strain on Adams is coming from centrist politicos, metropolis enterprise bigwigs, and President Trump’s administration — all of whom are determined to cease Mamdani’s seemingly ascent to the mayoralty. All of them see the democratic socialist as an “existential threat” due to his costly proposals to develop authorities companies, pledge to boost taxes on firms and millionaires, and fierce criticism of Israel.
Adams has reportedly been contemplating taking a job with the Trump administration or within the non-public sector in alternate for dropping out of the race. Though he has denied these experiences, he has additionally signaled that he could possibly be enticed by the proper supply.
Sliwa can be going through calls to droop his marketing campaign, although he has unilaterally rejected them.
Nevertheless, based on NBC, Adams stated throughout the assembly that if push involves shove, he’ll put the town’s curiosity above his personal. Particularly, he stated he would look previous his bitter emotions towards Cuomo, whom he seems to view as chargeable for his present standing within the race.
“I love the city more than I dislike Andrew,” Adams stated, based on the outlet.
But, a new ballot from Quinnipiac College launched on Thursday revealed that Adams’ potential exit from the competition seemingly is not going to assist Cuomo at this level.
The survey of 967 seemingly metropolis voters, taken between Sept. 4 and eight, discovered that Cuomo nonetheless trails Mamdani by double digits even with Adams out of the image. Within the hypothetical three-way race, the ballot reveals Mamdani successful with 46% of the vote, Cuomo coming second at 30%, and Sliwa in third at 17%.
Whereas Cuomo would decide up most of Adams’ help, the ballot discovered, it might not be practically sufficient to eclipse Mamdani. It might seem like much more useful to Cuomo if Sliwa have been to drop out along with, or as a substitute of, Adams.
The survey additionally reveals Mamdani successful the present four-way race with 45% of the vote and Cuomo behind by double digits. The outcomes have been intently aligned with two different public polls this week, from Siena and Emerson Schools, that each had Mamdani dominating the present subject and hypothetical matchups with fewer opponents.
