President Donald Trump has loomed giant over this yr’s mayoral contest, significantly as his administration has ramped up its mass arrests and deportations in New York, lower funding to universities and threatened a broad array of social and academic applications.
The stakes are excessive. Federal funds account for about $10 billion of town’s annual price range.
Here’s what the highest contenders have stated about Trump on social media, in interviews, throughout debates and as a part of their formal coverage plans. Now we have included the highest seven candidates who met the fundraising thresholds to qualify for the second debate.
Adrienne Adams
New York Metropolis Council Speaker Adrienne Adams is pictured on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024. (Emil Cohen/NYC Council Media)
Adams stated she would stand as much as the “lawless president” and his “cruel crusade against immigrant families,” and insisted New York would stay a sanctuary metropolis that protects the immigrants’ rights. As Council Speaker, Adams led a authorized combat to maintain ICE off of Rikers. She has stated if there may be any widespread floor with the feds it’s in all probability infrastructure, “but I’m not holding my breath.”
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo makes a marketing campaign look at Amy Ruth’s in Harlem Wednesday, June 11, 2025 within the Manhattan, New York. (Barry Williams/ New York Each day Information)
Cuomo has offered himself as a time-tested bulwark towards Trump who went toe to toe with him throughout his governorship. “He cannot win a fight with me as mayor of New York,” Cuomo stated. He reiterated the necessity to defend immigrants and stand as much as Trump, saying he’s “attacking the foundation of democracy” and “must be opposed at every turn.” On the subject of probably working with the Trump administration, Cuomo has stated New York “needs meaningful partnership” with the feds.
Brad Lander
New York Metropolis Comptroller Brad Lander speaks to the media after leaving Gov. Kathy Hochul’s Midtown workplace on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025 in Manhattan, New York. (Barry Williams/ New York Each day Information)
Lander promised to face up for immigrant communities towards “authoritarian attacks” from Trump, describing them as “the future of New York City.” If elected he stated he would supply immigrants with the authorized providers wanted for work authorization, ESL, job coaching and extra. Lander was arrested by ICE brokers in a decrease Manhattan courthouse on June 17 whereas observing immigration proceedings. In his function as comptroller Lander has pushed again towards the Trump administration on ICE raids, congestion pricing, the setting, Medicaid and SNAP cuts.
Zohran Mamdani
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Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani. (Theodore Parisienne for New York Each day Information)
The Queens Assemblymember, himself an immigrant, has dedicated to “Trump-proofing” New York by strengthening its sanctuary metropolis equipment by beefing up authorized assist, ending cooperation with ICE and kicking them out of all Metropolis services. He has condemned Trump’s “authoritarian administration” and described its deportation raids as “spit[ting] in the face of the Constitution.”
Zellnor Myrie
State Senator Zellnor Myrie speaks throughout a press convention on Common Little one Care at Columbus Park Playground on November 19, 2024 in New York Metropolis. (Picture by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Pictures)
Myrie has come out staunchly towards Trump, describing him as a “bully” who ought to be stood as much as “aggressively.” He has positioned himself as somebody who will combat towards dismantling of the Division of Schooling and mass federal firings. The son of Costa Rican immigrants, he stated he would oppose immigrants being turned over to ICE with out due course of “with every fiber in my body” as mayor. “Right now, it’s hard to be hopeful about finding common ground on any issue with the autocrat in the White House,” he stated.
Scott Stringer
Former Metropolis Comptroller Scott Stringer speaks at a candidate discussion board hosted by DC 37 at BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Middle in Manhattan Wednesday Feb. 26, 2025 in Manhattan, New York. Mayor Eric Adams withdrew from the candidate discussion board on the final minute upon recommendation from his lawyer. (Barry Williams/ New York Each day Information)
The previous comptroller didn’t mince phrases in a current marketing campaign advert the place he described Trump as a “schmuck” and promising to inform him “where to stick it.” Stringer has touted his “SHIELD” plan to make New York “a national model for municipal resistance to MAGA extremism” and vowed to defend immigrant communities from ICE.
Whitney Tilson
Democratic mayoral candidate Whitney Tilson speaks through the New York Metropolis Democratic Mayoral Main Debate at NBC Studios on June 4, 2025 in New York Metropolis. (Picture by Yuki Iwamura-Pool/Getty Pictures)
Tilson stated he was “appalled” by the Trump administration’s terrorization of immigrant communities and that he would combat him “tooth and nail.” He “strongly” helps New York’s authentic sanctuary metropolis regulation and wouldn’t cooperate with the federal drive to deport tens of millions of individuals throughout the nation. He’s, nonetheless, crucial of laws handed by the Metropolis Council lately that closed the ICE workplace on Rikers, saying the measure “went way too far and should be repealed.”
