{"id":2408968,"date":"2025-03-03T11:53:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T16:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/adams-celebrates-cuomo-coming-out-of-the-shadows-in-nyc-mayoral-race\/"},"modified":"2025-03-03T11:54:14","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T16:54:14","slug":"adams-celebrates-cuomo-coming-out-of-the-shadows-in-nyc-mayoral-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/adams-celebrates-cuomo-coming-out-of-the-shadows-in-nyc-mayoral-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Adams celebrates Cuomo \u2018coming out of the shadows\u2019 in NYC mayoral race"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fadams-celebrates-cuomo-coming-out-of-the-shadows-in-nyc-mayoral-race%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2408968&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>New York City Mayor Eric Adams \u200chas welcomed \u200bformer\u200b Governor \u2064Andrew Cuomo\u2019s official proclamation to run in the upcoming 2025 mayoral race. this development \u2063comes as the Democratic Party in New\u2062 York struggles to unify behind a\u2063 candidate. Adams, who previously supported Cuomo in the\u200d 2021 \u200celection, expressed eagerness for the campaign to illuminate \u200cboth candidates&#8217; true \u2064positions.<\/p>\n<p>Cuomo\u2019s candidacy is important given his controversial past, which includes investigations into\u200d his handling\u2062 of\u2063 COVID-19 in nursing homes and accusations of sexual harassment that led to his resignation in 2021. Meanwhile, Adams has his own challenges, including a recent\u200b indictment on federal corruption \u200bcharges amidst accusations of\u2063 political maneuvering with the Trump governance.<\/p>\n<p>Prominent Democrats, including Governor Kathy Hochul \u2062and House Minority Leader Hakeem\u200b Jeffries, have remained non-committal about\u2063 their\u200c endorsements, while some groups have publicly opposed both candidates. Other notable candidates have\u200b entered the race, each \u2062presenting anti-crime platforms, indicating a \u200dpotentially competitive primary as they prepare \u200dfor \u200belections on June 24.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Adams celebrates Cuomo &lsquo;coming out of the shadows&rsquo; as New York Democrats split on mayor&rsquo;s race<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1994372\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>New York City Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/eric-adams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Eric Adams<\/a> welcomed the formal entrance of a leading contender into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Big Apple<\/a>&rsquo;s mayoral race as Empire State Democrats struggle to unify behind a candidate.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>After months of speculation that he would challenge Adams in the city&rsquo;s 2025 mayoral race, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3334447\/cuomo-paints-dim-picture-of-nyc-in-mayoral-campaign-announcement-the-city-feels-threatening\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">officially announced<\/a> a bid to do so on Saturday. The news marked a full circle moment for Cuomo, who backed Adams during the 2021 mayoral race.<\/p>\n<p>Adams appeared to embrace the announcement, suggesting that his chief opponent would now be forced to reveal his &ldquo;real positions&rdquo; to constituents.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Come one, come all. We all gotta come out,&rdquo; the incumbent mayor said. &ldquo;We can&rsquo;t hide in the shadows. We gotta come out, give our real positions, so I&rsquo;m looking forward to it. It&rsquo;s campaign season.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Some prominent New York Democrats such as Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) and House Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3332201\/hakeem-jeffries-eager-for-cuomo-to-discuss-nyc-mayoral-ambitions-sooner-rather-than-later\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Hakeem Jeffries<\/a> (D-NY) continue to take cagey positions on who they&rsquo;ll back.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at the New York City District Council of Carpenters while campaigning for mayor of New York City, Sunday, March 2, 2025. (AP Photo\/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;You know, as I&rsquo;ve said before, anyone who wants to run for any office certainly is able to do so,&rdquo; Hochul said following Cuomo&rsquo;s announcement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think he&rsquo;d be a candidate that a lot of people, as I&rsquo;ve heard from the district that I represent, would be very interested in checking out,&rdquo; Jeffries said last week. <\/p>\n<p>Others have declined to back either mayoral candidate.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our club is going to see to it that Eric Adams and Andrew Cuomo are not elected,&rdquo; Allen Roskoff, the president of New York City&rsquo;s influential Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club, announced Saturday evening.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Both Cuomo and Adams face challenges as they eye a primary win on June 24.<\/p>\n<p>Cuomo has been scrutinized over investigations finding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/365781\/new-york-failed-to-account-for-4100-covid-19-nursing-home-deaths-audit-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">his administration concealed<\/a> the deaths of 4,100 senior citizens he ordered into nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. The former governor was forced to resign as governor in 2021 over sexual harassment allegations before the Department of Justice concluded in 2024 that he had <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">sexually harassed thirteen state employees<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Adams&rsquo; political ambitions also took a hit last fall when he was indicted on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/powerful-l-a-democrat-and-great-friend-of-obama-indicted-on-federal-corruption-charges\/\" title=\"Powerful L.A. Democrat And \u2018Great Friend\u2019 Of Obama Indicted On Federal Corruption Charges\">federal corruption charges<\/a>. President Donald Trump&rsquo;s Department of Justice moved to dismiss the charges, suggesting that the indictment came because the Biden administration was angry the mayor broke with the White House on relaxed immigration policies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ&rsquo;s provoked outrage from Democrats, including from Adams&rsquo; colleagues, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3320409\/eric-adams-expands-cooperation-ice-rikers-island\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">sparking accusations of quid pro quo, <\/a>particularly after the incumbent mayor announced further initiatives to cooperate with the Trump administration on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ice-deportations-slashed-under-biden-fall-to-record-low-amid-immigration-crisis\/\" title=\"ICE Deportations Slashed Under Biden, Fall To Record Low Amid Immigration Crisis\">deporting illegal immigrants convicted<\/a> of crimes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This week,&nbsp;House Judiciary Committee Reps. Jamie Raskin (D-MA) and Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) announced an investigation into the Trump administration&rsquo;s DOJ&rsquo;s effort to dismiss the indictment, claiming it was &ldquo;a blatant and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/university-facilitated-gruesome-taxpayer-funded-experiments-with-aborted-fetuses\/\" title=\"University Facilitated Gruesome, Taxpayer-Funded Experiments With Aborted Fetuses\">illegal quid pro quo<\/a> to secure the Mayor&rsquo;s loyal assistance in executing the Trump Administration&rsquo;s mass arrest and deportation policies.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While polls show Cuomo poses the top threat to Adams&rsquo; hopes for reelection, other contenders have emerged in the crowded race to unseat the incumbent mayor, including former New York City Comptroller <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3289361\/eric-adams-challenger-scott-stringer-sends-pointed-message-campaign-ethics-proposal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Scott Stringer<\/a>, city comptroller Brad Lander, assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, and New York state Sens. Jessica Ramos and Zellnor Myrie.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Brooklyn Borough President and New York City mayoral candidate Eric Adams, right, speaks to the media accompanied by Gov. Andrew Cuomo during a news conference at Lenox Road Baptist Church in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Wednesday, July 14, 2021. (AP Photo\/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Myrie is<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3315385\/dan-goldman-endorses-eric-adams-primary-challenger-nyc-mayoral-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> endorsed<\/a> by Empire State Democrats such as Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) while Stringer has gained the support of Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY). Lander has drawn endorsements from groups including the Broadway Democrats, the official Democratic club of Morningside Heights and Manhattanville, as well as New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Many of the contenders are running on an anti-crime platform that rivals campaigns pitched by Adams and Cuomo.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3252920\/republicans-turn-next-year-governor-battle-party-2024-success\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>REPUBLICANS TURN TO 2025 GOVERNOR BATTLES AS PARTY LOOKS TO RIDE 2024 SUCCESS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Landers announced this week a plan to combat antisemitism in the city as Jews are the victims of the majority of hate crimes in the city.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I take that very seriously as the highest-ranking Jewish elected official in city government, and will do everything I can to combat it as mayor,&rdquo; he told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/brad-lander-jewish-progressive-running-for-nyc-mayor-outlines-plan-to-fight-crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><em>Times of Israel<\/em><\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1994372\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1994372\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adams welcomes Cuomo&#8217;s entry into the mayoral race as Democrats divide<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2408969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/adams-cuomo.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7749,3714,36618,41802,5894],"class_list":["post-2408968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-adams","tag-cuomo","tag-election-2023","tag-nyc-mayoral-race","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/adams-cuomo.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2408968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2408968"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2408968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2408972,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2408968\/revisions\/2408972"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2408969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2408968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2408968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2408968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}