Public Advocate Jumaane Williams endorses Metropolis Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and Comptroller Brad Lander in Metropolis Corridor Park on Tuesday, Might 27.
Photograph by Lloyd Mitchell
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams formally made his selection within the 2025 NYC mayor’s race Tuesday, endorsing Metropolis Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and Comptroller Brad Lander as his high two decisions within the metropolis’s ranked-choice Democratic main.
Williams stated he plans to announce his third, fourth, and fifth ranked-choice endorsements within the coming days and inspired voters to “exhaust their ballot” within the June 24 main.
“I’m really excited to be doing a co-number one endorsement with Speaker Adrienne Adams, Comptroller Brad Lander,” Williams stated at a Might 27 press convention in Metropolis Corridor Park. “I couldn’t be more excited to be supporting two linear leaders who are already citywide, who have already shown what they can do.”
Williams says it’s technique
When requested whether or not Lander had initially been his sole decide, Williams stated he had supposed to help each candidates early on, however expanded his slate after Adams entered the race in March.
“We said, let’s figure out how best to elevate everyone, and particularly how best to use ranked-choice voting so that Andrew Cuomo is not the mayor,” he stated.
Williams praised each Adams and Lander for his or her dedication to affordability, public security, and sincere governance. He criticized Mayor Eric Adams for failing to face up for New Yorkers and took direct intention at former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who’s at present main the most recent opinion polls amongst probably voters.
“I’m very concerned for a Cuomo mayoralty, bringing back something that didn’t work the first time and had to leave to replace something that’s not working now,” stated Williams. “It’s not what we need to be doing, and we have amazing leaders in this city who never left. They’ve been doing the work, on the ground. They are what New York needs.”
He stated Speaker Adams and Comptroller Lander have been speaking about find out how to make this metropolis reasonably priced for years, “as opposed to someone who is going to be ushering in the highest rent increase that we’ve seen in the past 20 years, for the third time,” referring to the proposed lease hikes proposed by the Mayor Eric Adams appointed Lease Pointers Boards.
Williams backed each candidates for mayor, citing their management on affordability, public security, and good governance.Photograph by Lloyd Mitchell
The general public advocate stated he hopes his endorsements will assist steer the race towards candidates who “speak the language” of working New Yorkers and who supply a transparent different to what he known as “maintenance” management.
Lander, who has labored intently with Williams since their time collectively on the Metropolis Council, highlighted their shared historical past preventing for tenant protections and prison justice reform.
“We fought for tenants’ rights over and over … and we worked together to pass the Community Safety Act to dramatically reduce stop-and-frisk,” Lander stated. “Unfortunately, in this administration, the opposite has been true.”
Speaker Adams echoed these sentiments, saying her marketing campaign is rooted in her expertise as a mom, grandmother, and lifelong New Yorker.
“I legislate the way that I live,” she stated. “New Yorkers deserve a mayor that brings you no drama, no trauma, no scandal, and no corruption.”
Williams’ endorsements come as Meeting Member Zohran Mamdani continues to realize momentum within the race. An inside ballot carried out by Workbench Technique for the Mamdani marketing campaign confirmed Cuomo with 40% of first-choice help, adopted by Mamdani at 27%. All different candidates polled under 10% within the survey of 500 probably Democratic main voters carried out from Might 14 to Might 18.
Nevertheless, the polling stands in distinction to a SurveyUSA ballot carried out throughout the identical interval, which signifies former Gov. Andrew Cuomo leads the mayoral race with 43% of first-choice help, whereas Mamdani follows with 11%.
