Mayor Adams, who introduced that he would run for reelection as an unbiased, mentioned Wednesday that his line on November’s mayoral basic election can be “Safe Streets, Affordable City” — signaling his plans to make a viable case to New Yorkers for a second time period.
Adams, who’s dealing with political fallout over his corruption indictment and the swirl of controversy that surrounded the DOJ’s efforts to dismiss his case, has pitched himself to voters by touting his report on crime and quality-of-life complaints.
“Those are the issues that are important to New Yorkers,” Adams mentioned of the poll line throughout an interview on 1010WINS. “They want a safe city, they want an affordable city, and I want them to know that is what I produce for them.”
The mayor’s line will seem on the ballots when voters head to vote this fall. Main as much as the election, Adams is trying to attraction to Black working- and middle-class residents in Brooklyn and Queens and unaffiliated or conservative voters.
Through the radio interview, the mayor additionally slammed his would opponents as “Cuomo and the seven socialists,” and mentioned they’re “running from their record” and in some instances ripping off his personal longtime platforms.
“I am running on my record,” Adams mentioned in remarks pointed on the former governor. “They’re running from bail reform. They’re running from the crisis that they created in homelessness. They’re running from what they have done in our educational system.”
The mayor, who was dealing with powerful polling numbers and final week had his federal corruption case dropped, has had a gradual begin to campaigning. His choice to run as an unbiased permits him extra time to spherical up funds and assist earlier than dealing with off towards his opponents and permits him to avert a possible loss within the June Democratic major.
To get on the poll, the mayor should submit 15,000 signatures earlier than a Might deadline.
Mayor Eric speaks alongside NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch and Manhattan District Legal professional Alvin Bragg at a press convention a few gang takedown in East Harlem on April 8, 2025 in Manhattan, New York. (Barry Williams / New York Every day Information)
The mayor has been accused of coming into right into a corrupt quid professional quo with the Trump administration to get his costs dismissed. He fostered ties with the president whereas he was below indictment, visting him oin Mar-a-Lago, saying he wouldn’t publicly criticize Trump and catching a last-minute bus to get to the inauguration.
Critics say he did in order a part of a marketing campaign to get his case dropped, an accusation the mayor has denied. The fees, which Adams has additionally denied, had been dismissed final week.
Adams has mentioned he’s keen to work with the Trump administration on a few of its hardline immigration insurance policies, and the town late Tuesday enacted an govt order that permits federal immigration officers to arrange store on Rikers Island.
Requested if he would think about accepting a job within the Trump administration, Adams mentioned that he has “the greatest job in politics on the globe.”
“Why the heck would I leave the greatest mayor job on the globe?” he mentioned. “I’m happy where I am.”
Adams mentioned that if he weren’t mayor, he would possible work on some volunteer reentry program with folks previously in jail.
