Adams made the comments to the Association for a Better New York during a closed-door meeting on Wednesday, September 10
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): New York City Mayor Eric Adams hinted to a group of business leaders on Wednesday, September 10, that he would conduct his own polling that could determine whether he continues his reelection campaign. Adams made the comments to the Association for a Better New York during a closed-door meeting, according to the New York Times.
According to NBC News, Adam implied that if his poll numbers do not move, he would put the best interests of the city first. He told members of the association that he loves “the city more than I dislike Andrew.”
Last Friday, Adams reiterated that he is still running for reelection, despite a previous New York Times report that claimed he could potentially drop out of the race and take a job with the Trump administration.
Todd Shapiro, a spokesman for the Adams campaign, told NBC News and the New York Times, that the mayor never “alluded to leaving the race” during the meeting.
“He clearly indicated that he will be spending resources to get his message out and will then look at his own independent poll to make a decision,” Shapiro told the Times. “Nothing he said should give any indication that he has abandoned the race.”
A Siena College and the New York Times poll released on Tuesday, September 9, showed that Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani remains in the lead in the mayor’s race.
The poll found in a four-man race that Mamdani would lead the pack with 46 percent of the vote, Cuomo got 24 percent and GOP nominee Curtis Sliwa ended up with 15 percent. Mayor Eric Adams finished with nine percent of the vote.