Mayor Adams mentioned Tuesday that Andrew Cuomo actually shouldn’t be operating towards him on this 12 months’s race for Metropolis Corridor, arguing the ex-governor ought to “go find your own house.”
“I was here already, why are you in my race, you know what I’m saying?” Adams mentioned of Cuomo.
“It’s like almost when you have a house somewhere, someone who’s trying to move in, it’s like: Go find your own house.”
After President Trump’s Justice Division secured a controversial dismissal of his federal corruption indictment this month, Adams dropped out of June’s Democratic mayoral major and introduced he’d search reelection as an impartial candidate in November’s basic election as an alternative.
Adams took his newest swipe at Cuomo after being requested in a Tuesday morning press convention if he’s involved that operating as an impartial might empower a left-wing third celebration candidate in November’s election by splitting the extra reasonable vote.
Cuomo is at present the favourite to win the Democratic mayoral nomination, and there was concern in some circles that Adams might hamper the ex-gov’s November prospects, on condition that they share the same, centrist-leaning voter base.
Mayor Eric Adams holds an in-person media availability at Metropolis Corridor in Manhattan, New York, on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (Ed Reed / Mayoral Images Workplace)
However in his Tuesday feedback at Metropolis Corridor, Adams insisted it’s Cuomo who’s stealing votes from him.
“He’s taking votes from me, I was the moderate first,” Adams mentioned earlier than assailing Cuomo for as governor enacting some progressive modifications to state bail legal guidelines.
“I’m not living in my daughter’s house, I have my own house in New York,” mentioned Adams, who himself confronted concern in regards to the standing of his New York Metropolis residency throughout the 2021 mayoral race.
In response, Cuomo marketing campaign spokesman Jason Elan slammed Adams for implying he’s entitled to reelection.
“Nobody ‘owns’ anyone’s vote — the people of New York make the decision and they want proven, tested leadership that is competent and can get things done — which is why poll after poll shows they overwhelmingly support Governor Cuomo,” Elan mentioned, additionally noting that the ex-gov picked up one other outstanding endorsement Tuesday from the Laborers’ Worldwide Union, which represents some 40,000 building employees in New York.
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks on the New York Metropolis District Council of Carpenters whereas campaigning for mayor of New York Metropolis, Sunday, March 2, 2025. (AP Photograph/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Adams is dealing with a troublesome path to reelection. Apart from the truth that New York Metropolis not often elects mayors who aren’t on the Democratic poll line, Adams faces record-low approval rankings amid continued fallout from the dismissal of his indictment, which many consider has made him beholden to Trump’s agenda.
Adams, who denies a quid professional quo with Trump, took intention at different 2025 mayoral candidates in addition to Cuomo on Tuesday.
He additionally accused Metropolis Council Speaker Adrienne Adams of “trying to block everything I do” for political causes as she runs within the June 24 Democratic mayoral major, too.
“It’s unfortunate when individuals use their personal ambition to get in the way of what we need to do for the city,” the mayor mentioned. “I’ve never done that. I’m never going to do that.”
Mandela Jones, a rep for the speaker, scoffed on the criticism, saying she didn’t plan to run towards the mayor till he “embarrassed and undermined New York City by trying to hand City Hall over to President Trump.”
“Unlike our current mayor, Speaker Adams isn’t auditioning for a job on the Trump reality show,” Jones mentioned. “She’s fighting for our city and New Yorkers, just like she always has.”
Initially Revealed: April 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM EDT
