"The four-way general election contest currently has Mamdani ahead, but without majority support, with Adams, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa seemingly splitting the moderate and centrist vote. On Friday, Adams came out firing against Cuomo, running his own independent campaign after losing the Democratic primary to Mamdani, calling him a snake and a liar, and suggesting that reports of Adams' impending withdrawal from the mayor's race were part of a history of the former governor derailing other Black politicians."
"Mayor Adams further seethed that Cuomo and Mamdani were two spoiled brats running for mayor who were born with silver spoons in their mouths, suggesting that he alone represented the will of working-class New Yorkers. They are not like us. They never had to fight. They never had to struggle. They never had to go through difficult times like you and I, he said."
Mayor Eric Adams is mounting a longshot independent bid for a second term after sitting out the Democratic primary. The four-way general election has Zohran Mamdani leading without majority support while Adams, Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa split moderate and centrist voters. Adams rejected reports of an impending withdrawal tied to a lucrative Trump administration job offer and attacked Cuomo as a snake and a liar, characterizing Cuomo and Mamdani as privileged and asserting he represents working-class New Yorkers. Adams emphasized reductions in crime, post-pandemic recovery, and removal of street homelessness and insisted he can still win despite weak poll numbers.
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