New York City Mayor Eric Adams pushed aside speculation that he might drop out of the mayor’s race in exchange for a job within the Trump administration, telling reporters on Thursday, “Right now, I’m the mayor of the city of New York.”
The New York Times first reported on Wednesday that Adams has had conversations with senior Trump officials to accept a job within the administration so that he doesn’t split the vote and help elect far-left New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani.
Mamdani, a 33-year-old Muslim born in Uganda, defeated the establishment candidate Andrew Cuomo in the spring primary in what some observers see as a battle for the soul of the modern Democratic Party. A self-labeled “democratic socialist,” Mamdani will now face two independent candidates in Cuomo and Adams as well as Republican Curtis Sliwa in the general election in November. Mainstream Democrats are urging voters to unite around Cuomo.
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