Hizzoner Eric Adams on Sunday blasted Andrew Cuomo’s plan to run for mayor as an unbiased, saying it is just “wasting time and dividing voters” — and boosting socialist Zohran Mamdani.
Adams, who’s operating for re-election as an unbiased himself, mentioned on the Bolivian Day Parade in Queens that Cuomo’s ego-driven plan to remain within the race is doing extra hurt than good, noting the earlier front-runner was already trounced as soon as by each males’s Dem foe, Mamdani.
“I didn’t lose in the primary,” mentioned the mayor, referring to Mamdani’s gorgeous win over Cuomo within the Democratic Social gathering race final month.
“We’re moving straight ahead. It’s so important that we continue to move ahead,” Adams mentioned.
Requested if he would step apart for Cuomo, the mayor shot again: “Are you kidding me?”
He adopted up in a scathing press launch from his camp.
“This kind of political double-dealing is exactly why so many New Yorkers have lost trust in [Cuomo],” the discharge mentioned. “The individuals spoke loudly — he misplaced. But, he continues to place himself over the primary purpose — beating Mamdani and securing our metropolis’s future.
“Now, in the face of a serious threat, an inexperienced opponent, Cuomo is wasting time and dividing voters. He failed them — and he’s failing New Yorkers now.”
As an unbiased, Adams sat out the first — and insists Cuomo would solely break up the vote within the normal election if he jumps again into the race, permitting Mamdani to cruise into workplace.
Mamdani, a state assemblyman from Queens, is main the race with 35% approval, adopted by Cuomo with 25%, Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa with 14% and Adams at 11%, in keeping with a ballot performed by the political consulting agency Slingshot Methods.
Cuomo spokesman Wealthy Azzopardi mentioned the previous governor nonetheless presents one of the best likelihood to beat Mamdani.
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The previous governor, whereas operating as an unbiased, remains to be anticipated to hunt a vow from all candidates apart from Mamdani that they’ll drop out of the race in September in the event that they’re not main the pack.
That features himself.
However Sliwa slammed the suggestion — and Adams — whereas noting he’s the one legit main celebration candidate.
“Andrew Cuomo lost his primary and hides in the Hamptons,” the Guardian Angels founder mentioned Sunday. “Eric Adams skipped his and fled to Fort Lauderdale. Now, they’re both running as independents to cling to relevance.”
In the meantime, former federal prosecutor Jim Walden, who can be operating for the seat, mentioned Cuomo’s name for a unified vow to step apart for the better good sounds awfully acquainted.
“I am glad Andrew has agreed to adopt my pledge,” Walden mentioned. “I hope Eric and Curtis sign on as well. Putting New York’s best interest over our personal ambitions is critical at this moment.”
Extra reporting by Carl Campanile
