Eric Adams no-quit credo could help spell Z-O-H-R-A-N for NYC

NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Eric Adams plans to stick with his fraught reelection bid to the very end, telling POLITICO in the strongest terms yet that he will not drop out of the race to stop front-runner Zohran Mamdani.

Adams is polling at 7 percent, trailing not only Mamdani but fellow independent Andrew Cuomo and GOP nominee Curtis Sliwa. His approval ratings show a deeply unpopular incumbent who has lost vast swaths of his multiethnic base — the same voters who propelled him to victory in 2021. And he is being haunted by a city election board accusing him of wrongdoing and prosecutors pursuing criminal convictions against some of his former aides.

In a wide-ranging interview, Adams touched on why he intends to remain in the race until the end, his own fears of a Mamdani or Cuomo mayoralty and the now-dismissed federal indictment against him.

“If there were people running for mayor that I believe would continue the progress of our city, that’s an easy call,” Adams said during a sitdown at Gracie Mansion. “The people who are running — they are harmful to our city and the progress we’ve made. And I owe it to New Yorkers to get my story out to them and to run a campaign.”


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