"Long sentence alert: The big news over the weekend was the bizarre whiplash experience of Friday, when reporters first claimed Mayor Adams would end his re-election to become an ambassador or accept some other Trump administration position only to then be summoned to Gracie Mansion to listen to Hizzoner make the Trumpian boast that only he - and he alone - could beat Zohran Mamdani, despite the latter's 30-plus-point lead in the polls."
"The mayor then walked away without taking questions. The Post, the Times, amNY, Gothamist (times two) and Hell Gate covered it. OK, so he's going to Slim Pickens this mayoral race all the way down to the ground, huh? We wish the mayor the best of luck, of course, especially because his failing oversight of the city continues to fill our pages with stories of incompetence, indifference and lethargy."
Reporters initially claimed Mayor Adams would end his re-election campaign to accept a Trump administration position, then he summoned people to Gracie Mansion and boasted that only he could beat Zohran Mamdani despite Mamdani's 30-plus-point poll lead. The mayor walked away without taking questions. Major outlets including The Post, The Times, amNY, Gothamist and Hell Gate covered the incident. Critics linked the episode to ongoing concerns about Adams's oversight of the city, citing repeated failures, incompetence, indifference and lethargy. Recent urban policy and safety items include a cyclist dooring fatality, calls for daylighting, a transportation research donation, and pedestrianization proposals.
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