New York City Mayor Eric Adams
...Hizonner da Mare of Noo Yawk. As a Manchurian candidate, Hizonner was all in favor of law and order and that kind of stuff. Once in office, a bunch of his friends found cushy jobs with the city, the windows kept getting broken, and Soros-funded DA Alvin Bragg remained right where he was. Most people comfort themselves with the thought that he's not Bill di Blasio but that's pretty small comfort with kids who actually go to school getting bumped off while standing in front of them. But he's a Dem, so the rubes will vote for him next election too, so he's what they deserve...dropped his campaign for reelection on Sunday, providing a boost to rival candidate Andrew
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, a centrist former New York governor and Israel supporter, against the anti-Israel frontrunner, progressive Zohran Mamdani.Adams, a staunch supporter of Israel who has positioned himself as an advocate for the city’s Jewish communities, was polling far behind Cuomo and Mamdani ahead of the November 4 vote.
The incumbent was weighed down by his dealings with the Trump administration as well as corruption allegations in the city government and his inner circle. The accusations led to a federal indictment against Adams, which the Trump administration later dropped.
Adams announced that he was quitting the race in a lengthy video posted to social media, saying he no longer saw a path to victory, partly due to the city’s campaign finance board denying him matching funding for his run.
"Despite all we’ve achieved, I cannot continue my reelection campaign. The constant media speculation about my future and the campaign finance board’s decision to withhold millions of dollars have undermined my ability to raise the funds needed for a serious campaign," Adams said. "I hope you will see, despite the headlines and innuendo, I always put you before me."
The announcement by Adams came after months of speculation about whether he would remain in the race, amid heavy pressure on Mamdani’s challengers to narrow the field and consolidate moderate voters. Adams and Cuomo shared a similar base of moderate, Black and Jewish voters.
Adams, who was running as an independent, was generally polling in the single digits, so his departure is unlikely to upend the race, even if it does boost Cuomo’s chances.
The announcement narrows the race to three candidates — Mamdani, Cuomo, and the Republican Curtis Sliwa, who has vowed to remain in the race despite polling far behind his two rivals. The longshot candidate Jim Walden also dropped out earlier this year.
Despite ending his campaign, Adams’s name will remain on the ballot because the deadline to formally withdraw from the race has passed. His announcement means that he will no longer campaign or ask his supporters to vote for him. He will serve out the remainder of his single four-year term as mayor, which ends at the close of the year.
Adams did not endorse a rival in his announcement, but appeared to take aim at Mamdani, a far-left 33-year-old with little experience in government who has promised far-reaching changes if elected. Cuomo is a moderate with decades of experience in office, including serving 10 years as New York governor before resigning in 2021 amid sexual harassment allegations.
"Too often, insidious forces use local government to advance divisive
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agendas with little regard for how it hurts everyday New Yorkers," Adams said. "Major change is welcome and necessary, but beware of those who claim the answer [is] to destroy the very system we built."
He added, "That is not change, that is chaos. Instead, I urge New Yorkers to choose leaders not by what they promise, but by what they have delivered."
Adams made combating antisemitism a priority as mayor and was popular among parts of the city’s Jewish population, particularly in Brooklyn, where he served as a police officer and local elected official before becoming mayor. In recent months, he established an antisemitism task force in the mayor’s office, adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism, and established a New York-Israel business council.
He is a firm supporter of Israel, maintaining that position even as Israel has become increasingly unpopular among the public, according to polls. On Friday, he met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after Netanyahu addressed the United Nations
...an organization which on balance has done more bad than good, with the good not done well and the bad done thoroughly...
, saying he had thanked the premier for "defending the Western world and our way of life."
In an illustration of the divide between Adams’s pro-Israel administration and the hostility of the current frontrunner, Mamdani accused Netanyahu of genocide after the UN speech. Mamdani has vowed to arrest the prime minister if he travels to New York, citing an International Criminal Court warrant on war crimes charges, though New York’s mayor likely lacks the authority to do so.
Cuomo has voiced some criticism of the war in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
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in recent months, but generally maintained a pro-Israel line.
The Israeli-Paleostinian conflict and antisemitism were major campaign issues ahead of the mayoral primary in June, but have receded since then. Candidates are more focused on everyday issues like affordability and crime. Adams sat out the primary to run in the general election as an independent.
Cuomo lost the primary to Mamdani in a stunning upset and is now also running as an independent in the general election. As the Democratic Party candidate, Mamdani is the heavy favorite and is far ahead in polls.
Cuomo applauded Adams in a Sunday statement, saying his choice to drop out "was not an easy one, but I believe he is sincere in putting the well-being of New York City ahead of personal ambition."
"We face destructive bully boy forces that would devastate our city through incompetence or ignorance, but it is not too late to stop them," Cuomo said.