ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and JENNIFER PELTZ.

FILE - New York Mayor Eric Adams speaks during a campaign launch rally at City Hall, Thursday, June. 26, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)

NYC Mayor Eric Adams says he won’t quit the race and is the only one who can beat Mamdani

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has said again that he won’t end his reelection campaign. During a hastily convened news conference Friday, Adams stressed that he will remain in the race as reports swirl that he’s been approached about possibly taking a job in the Trump administration. He told reporters “I am running for reelection” and vowed to defeat the Democratic nominee, Zohran Mamdani. The mayor has spent the week fending off news reports that intermediaries for President Donald Trump have contacted people in his orbit to talk about whether he would consider abandoning his campaign to take a federal job.

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New York Mayor Eric Adams speaks during a campaign launch rally at City Hall, Thursday, June. 26, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

NYC Mayor Eric Adams kicks off reelection bid and casts Zohran Mamdani as having a ‘silver spoon’

New York Mayor Eric Adams is kicking off his independent reelection bid. He says Thursday at City Hall that the race is a choice between a blue-collar candidate and one with a silver spoon, referring to likely Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani. Adams left the Democratic primary shortly after a federal judge dismissed a corruption case against him. The 64-year-old retired police captain has denied wrongdoing. Democratic primary results will be finalized after July 1. Candidate and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo is also considering an independent campaign. New Yorkers elected an unaffiliated mayor as recently as 2009.

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