{"id":2526356,"date":"2025-12-29T17:54:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T22:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eric-adams-unsure-hell-attend-mamdani-inauguration\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T17:55:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T22:55:52","slug":"eric-adams-unsure-hell-attend-mamdani-inauguration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eric-adams-unsure-hell-attend-mamdani-inauguration\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Adams unsure he&#8217;ll attend Mamdani inauguration"},"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\">14<\/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-unsure-hell-attend-mamdani-inauguration%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=2526356&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 said he&#8217;s undecided about attending Mayor\u2011elect Zohran Mamdani&#8217;s Jan. 1, 2026 inauguration, noting some of Mamdani&#8217;s supporters &#8220;protest everything&#8221; and saying he&#8217;ll check with Mamdani because he doesn&#8217;t want to &#8220;disrupt his day.&#8221; Mamdani has invited Adams and said he&#8217;s welcome.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony, expected to draw 40,000-50,000 people, will include swearing\u2011in by Sen. Bernie Sanders and New York Attorney General letitia James. adams, who has spent his final months promoting his record amid <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >corruption charges<\/a> from late 2024, said he plans to travel, write a book, return to school, pursue cryptocurrency projects, and work against antisemitism after leaving office.  <\/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 unsure he&rsquo;ll attend Mamdani inauguration, says <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnns-van-jones-and-scott-jennings-blast-mamdanis-divisive-victory-speech\/\" title=\"CNN\u2019s Van Jones and Scott Jennings blast Mamdani\u2019s \u2018divisive\u2019 victory speech\">mayor-elect&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s fans &lsquo;protest everything&rsquo;<\/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_2453009\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york-city\/\">New York City<\/a> Mayor <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/eric-adams\/\">Eric Adams<\/a> said on Monday that he was unsure whether he would attend Mayor-elect <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/zohran-mamdani\/\">Zohran Mamdani&rsquo;s<\/a> January inauguration, saying some of the latter&rsquo;s supporters &ldquo;protest everything.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Adams has taken on a more conciliatory tone toward Mamdani after positioning himself as one of his foremost rivals during the mayoral campaign. When asked about his plans to attend Mamdani&rsquo;s inauguration, Adams said he was open to it but would speak to his successor first, as he doesn&rsquo;t want to &ldquo;disrupt his day.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/technology\/4364068\/broadband-deregulation-commerce-department-lutnick\/\">Broadband deregulation agenda at Commerce Department set to save $21 billion: Lutnick<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4363983\/trump-netanyahu-disagreements-mar-a-lago-meeting\/\">Trump and Netanyahu paper over disagreements at Mar-a-Lago meeting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/technology\/4363919\/musk-netanyahu-israel-global-ai-leader\/\">Musk speaks with Netanyahu about transforming Israel into global AI leader<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s a very important, historical day, and it&rsquo;s unfortunate that there&rsquo;s a body of some of his supporters, some of them, who rather protest everything,&rdquo; Adams said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If he&rsquo;s cool, I&rsquo;m cool,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani voiced his approval for Adams to attend, saying the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/outgoing-nyc-mayor-bill-de-blasio-claims-his-big-sin-was-just-going-for-long-walks\/\" title=\"Outgoing NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio Claims His Big \u2018Sin\u2019 Was Just Going For Long Walks\">outgoing mayor<\/a> is &ldquo;still welcome to my inauguration.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani will be sworn in as mayor shortly after New Year&rsquo;s Eve celebrations at midnight on Jan. 1, 2026. He will be sworn in by Sen.&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bernie-sanders\/\">Bernie Sanders&nbsp;<\/a>(I-VT) and New York Attorney General <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/letitia-james\/\">Letitia James<\/a>, both of whom the socialist has described as inspirations.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony is expected to see between 40,000 and 50,000 attendees, the&nbsp;<em>New York Post<\/em>&nbsp;<em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/22\/us-news\/zohran-mamdani-will-be-sworn-in-as-nyc-mayor-by-bernie-sanders-tish-james\/\"><\/a><\/em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/22\/us-news\/zohran-mamdani-will-be-sworn-in-as-nyc-mayor-by-bernie-sanders-tish-james\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Adams has spent his final months in office globetrotting and shoring up his legacy, touting his accomplishments during a stormy tenure as mayor darkened by corruption charges in late 2024.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4355485\/mamdani-inauguration-bernie-sanders-letitia-james\/\">NYC MAYOR-ELECT MAMDANI TO BE SWORN IN BY BERNIE SANDERS AND LETITIA JAMES<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As for what awaits Adams after he steps down, Adams said he wants to travel, write a book, go &ldquo;back to school,&rdquo; and work on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cryptocurrency\/\">cryptocurrency<\/a>-related projects.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A combination of back to school, doing my book, using technology like cryptocurrency to improve the lives of our children, and go after hate in a real way, specifically <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/antisemitism\/\">antisemitism<\/a>,&rdquo; he said on Monday, declining to elaborate further.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/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 unsure he&#8217;ll attend Mamdani inauguration<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2526357,"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\/12\/image-collage-lk1oqet6j-1767046309843-e1767047066362.jpg?1767029095&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[36661,53824,56552],"class_list":["post-2526356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-eric-adams","tag-inauguration-2","tag-mamdani"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-collage-lk1oqet6j-1767046309843-e1767047066362.jpg?1767029095&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2526356","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\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2526356"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2526356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2526360,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2526356\/revisions\/2526360"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2526357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2526356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2526356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2526356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}