{"id":2483009,"date":"2025-09-05T18:04:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T22:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eric-adams-to-stay-in-new-york-city-mayoral-race\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T18:05:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T22:05:08","slug":"eric-adams-to-stay-in-new-york-city-mayoral-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eric-adams-to-stay-in-new-york-city-mayoral-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Adams to stay in New York City mayoral race"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Feric-adams-to-stay-in-new-york-city-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=2483009&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 announced that he will remain in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/andrew-yang-hospitalized-after-abdominal-pain-cancels-mayoral-race-events\/\" title=\"Andrew Yang Hospitalized After Abdominal Pain, Cancels ...al ... Events\">mayoral race<\/a> despite pressure from the Trump management to withdraw and improve former Governor Andrew Cuomo&#8217;s chances against socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani. At a press conference, Adams strongly criticized Cuomo, accusing him of sidelining Black candidates, and affirmed his commitment to seek reelection in 2026. Although reports suggested Adams might except a Trump administration nomination as ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Adams denied plans to be in Washington, D.C., emphasizing his focus on New York City. He expressed confidence that polls underestimating him are incorrect and pledged to respect voters&#8217; decisions. President Trump responded by calling Mamdani a &#8220;communist&#8221; and urged unity behind a single candidate to oppose him. Adams, viewed as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-want-honest-elections-jovan-hutton-pulitzer-releases-new-video-on-2020-election\/\" title=\"\u201cI want Honest Elections!\u201d  Jovan Hutton Pulitzer Releases New Video on 2020 Election\">long shot<\/a> due to past scandals and declining popularity, had previously left the Democratic primary to run as an Independent. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/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\">Eric Adams to stay in New York City mayoral 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\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2221921\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york-city\/\">New York City<\/a> Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/eric-adams\/\">Eric Adams<\/a> is staying in the city&rsquo;s mayoral race, he announced Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration had exerted pressure on him to drop his bid to give former Gov. Andrew Cuomo a better chance to win against socialist Zohran Mamdani in November.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3795565\/texas-state-lawmaker-james-talarico-to-launch-senate-run\/\">Texas state lawmaker James Talarico to launch Senate run<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3794820\/texas-republican-party-sues-end-open-primary-system\/\">Texas Republican Party sues to end open primary system<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/3780233\/house-democrats-represent-california-reddest-realms-under-redistricting-plan\/\">House Democrats would represent some of California&#8217;s reddest realms under redistricting plan<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>He came out swinging at the start of the press conference. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Andrew Cuomo is a snake and a liar,&rdquo; Adams said, accusing Cuomo of &ldquo;pushing black candidates out of races&rdquo; in the past.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m running for reelection, and I&rsquo;m going to tell New Yorkers every day why I believe I should be the mayor of the city of New York in 2026,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Adams said earlier Friday that he was not dropping out of the race but left the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >door open<\/a> for a Trump administration job. The Trump administration is reportedly planning on nominating Adams to be the ambassador to Saudi Arabia, according to the&nbsp;<em>New York Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Adams denied reports that he&rsquo;ll be in Washington, D.C., next week, saying he&rsquo;ll be in New York City.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor also said he believes the polls are wrong, saying that the same polls had Cuomo up in the Democratic primary, and that he will beat Mamdani.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The voters will determine who&rsquo;s the next mayor of this city, and I will respect the outcome from the voters. I love this city. I gave this city my all, and I&rsquo;m going to continue to give them my all every day,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Adams took no questions at the press conference and offered no reaction to questions about a Trump administration job offer.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump was asked to react to Adams&rsquo;s announcement in a press conference of his own. Trump said the only way to beat a &ldquo;communist&rdquo; like Mamdani is for everyone to get behind one opposing candidate, and that he will have to deal with a communist New York City mayor, vowing to mitigate any damage caused by his policies.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3787956\/trump-tiktok-deal-hostage-china-trade-talks-deadline-looms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TRUMP&rsquo;S TIKTOK DEAL &lsquo;HOSTAGE&rsquo; TO CHINA TRADE TALKS AS DEADLINE LOOMS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t like communist mayors,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>Adams is considered a long shot to win against Mamdani and dropped out of the Democratic primary to run as an Independent months ago. His corruption scandal and immigration association with Trump tanked his favorability ratings and voters&rsquo; favor for him in the polls.<\/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> <\/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>Eric Adams remains in NYC mayoral race despite pressure<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2483011,"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\/09\/ee-adams.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[3728,36661,44588,36462,5894],"class_list":["post-2483009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-election","tag-eric-adams","tag-mayoral-race","tag-new-york-city","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ee-adams.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483009","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2483009"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2483013,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483009\/revisions\/2483013"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2483011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2483009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2483009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2483009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}