Mayor Adams, absent from campaign trail for days, says he's playing 'three-dimensional chess'

Addressing the latest swirl of rumors that he may soon pull the plug on his longshot reelection bid, Mayor Adams would only say Thursday his campaign has been playing “three dimensional chess” to figure out the best path forward as November’s contest looms.

“It takes a lot of strategy, this is three dimensional chess because the pieces are moving so rapidly,” Adams, who has consistently polled at the back of the pack in the mayoral race, told reporters in Brooklyn when asked why his reelection effort appears to be struggling to gain momentum.

Adams last weekend stopped holding any public campaign events after a streak of almost daily appearances. The hiatus, which is now running on almost a week, has touched off fresh speculation that Adams could be preparing to drop out of the race, as sources say his inner circle has been in talks with President Trump’s team about getting a job in his administration in exchange for suspending his reelection bid.

Sources say Trump’s team has been seeking to get Adams out of the race in order to maximize the chances of Andrew Cuomo, who is, like the incumbent, running as an independent against Democratic front-runner Zohran Mamdani.


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