Adams tears into Cuomo for staying in race

New York City Mayor Eric Adams found himself on the outs with the Democrat Party after corruption charges were filed against him, which opened the door for disgraced former Governor Andrew Cuomo to run in the primary, no stranger to corruption himself.

Cuomo lost to socialist Zohran Mamdani, but now he is refusing to back down, also running as an independent, which will likely hand the city over to Mamdani, and Adams is not happy about it.

Helping him out

Once it became clear that Adams was going to be charged, he started to play Donald Trump, hoping to get a pardon from Trump if he was convicted.

Trump did one better and had the DOJ drop all the charges against Adams in what was a case that was likely a slam-dunk conviction.

Trump is sticking by Adams, touting him in the mayoral election, stating, “I helped him out a little bit. He had a problem, and he was unfairly hurt over this question.”

He was not being unfairly treated, and I will never get behind this move by Trump. That aside, Adams announced that he would be running for re-election as an independent, with Trump’s blessing, as it has been rumored that Trump is trying to get the GOP candidate to drop out of the race to help Adams.

Cuomo’s catch

This weekend, the rumors got a bit louder that Cuomo was going to run as an independent, but he has a catch to his campaign.

He was reportedly going to demand that all outside candidates drop out of the race in September if they were not beating Mamdani in polling.

If that happens, the only candidate left standing in the way of Mamdani would be Curtis Sliwa, the founder of the Guardian Angels and the only candidate who ran on the GOP ticket.

If that is the case, Mamdani wins this election running away because the GOP never bothered to take this election seriously.

Adams says no

Mayor Adams has no plans on playing by Cuomo’s self-imposed rules, saying that his campaign will be “moving straight ahead.”

His office also took a shot, stating, “This kind of political double-dealing is exactly why so many New Yorkers have lost trust in [Cuomo]. The people spoke loudly — he lost. Yet, he continues to put himself over the number one goal — beating Mamdani and securing our city’s future.

“Now, in the face of a serious threat, an inexperienced opponent, Cuomo is wasting time and dividing voters. He failed them — and he’s failing New Yorkers now.”

Cuomo likely has the best chance of beating Mamdani if both Adams and Sliwa were to drop out of the race. In recent polling, Mamdani led with 35%, following by Cuomo at 25%, Sliwa at 14%, and Adams in the rear, with only 11% support. If Adams drops out, I have to think most of his support would slide over to Cuomo, leaving Sliwa as the wild card who could hand Mamdani the election.