Mayor Adams sidestepped a query Tuesday over whether or not he’ll submit sufficient petition signatures to qualify for June’s main election, elevating questions concerning the standing of his reelection bid.
“As the process moves forward, you’ll see our announcement,” Adams informed reporters at Metropolis Corridor.
The mayor, his marketing campaign hobbled by his federal corruption indictment and surrounding scandals, provided that reply after being requested whether or not he’ll by Thursday’s deadline file sufficient signatures to get his identify onto the June 24 Democratic mayoral main poll.
Petitioning — the labor-intensive course of by which candidates should gather hundreds of signatures from registered metropolis voters after which submit them for screening by the Board of Elections — began Feb. 25. At the very least one different candidate within the mayoral race, front-runner Andrew Cuomo, has already submitted signatures with the board, securing a slot on the first poll.
Adams’ 2025 marketing campaign reported in its most up-to-date finance filings final month it has paid a advisor greater than $60,000 to assist with petitioning providers. Nonetheless, Adams’ reply Tuesday drew renewed hypothesis about his Democratic main marketing campaign.
Adams’ reply comes as he has for weeks spoken each privately and publicly about doubtlessly working as an impartial for mayor in November’s basic election.
These inside conversations — confirmed by sources aware of them — have performed out as Adams reels from record-low approval scores, poor performances in Democratic mayoral main polls and accusations that he’s beholden to President Trump’s agenda because of the method wherein the Trump Justice Division is searching for to dismiss his corruption indictment.
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks on the New York Metropolis District Council of Carpenters whereas campaigning for mayor of New York Metropolis March 2, 2025. (AP Picture/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Adams’ broadside got here after Cuomo over the weekend urged Adams’ administration is struggling to hospitalize homeless people on the streets due to administration issues, not due to an absence of authorized authority.
Adams sought to flip that difficulty on its head and urged reporters to ask Cuomo when he final rode the subway alone and what he would do if he encountered a homeless particular person within the throes of a psychological well being episode on the prepare.
“Ask him: How would you take that person inside if that person says, ‘I’m going nowhere.’ What would he do? He would manage it away? Is he gonna do a PowerPoint?” Adams stated.
Cuomo spokesman Wealthy Azzopardi replied by saying the ex-governor confirmed himself an adept supervisor with infrastructure initiatives just like the Second Ave. subway extension and the overhaul of LaGuardia Airport.
“But hey, like we said last week when the mayor went on his last unhinged rant, desperate men — particularly ones acting as an agent of Trump — say desperate things,” Azzopardi stated.
Initially Revealed: April 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM EDT
