Eric Adams officially kicks off NYC mayoral campaign with swipes at Zohran Mamdani:
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Mayor Eric Adams officially kicked off his re-election campaign Thursday, pitting himself as the blue collar candidate saving the city from “silver spoon” socialist Zohran Mamdani.
Adams, speaking from City Hall’s steps to a raucous crowd of more than 100 supporters, argued his battle-tested record showed he deserved four more years as New York City’s mayor.
“It’s a choice between a candidate with a blue collar and one with a silver spoon,” he said, referring to Mamdani.
Hizzoner’s announcement came after Tuesday’s Democratic mayoral primary, in which the dark-horse candidate Mamdani stunningly bested former Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Mayor Eric Adams announces his reelection campaign.
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Mayor Eric Adams officially kicked off his re-election campaign on Thursday.
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams shaking hands with a supporter at City Hall while announcing his re-election campaign.
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The mayor portrayed himself as the blue collar candidate running to “save” NYC from Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani.
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The mayor’s speech leaned heavily on faith and his personal backstory, from his dyslexia to formative childhood arrest to being labeled a “criminal” as mayor.
“If you’re going to be a man of people who are going through a lot, you must be a human being that has gone through a lot,” he said.
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Adams also tried to knock down Mamdani – whose campaign focused on affordability – attacking his background as the privileged son of an academic and a famed filmmaker.
He also took a veiled swipe against Mamdani’s social media-heavy campaign, contending he instead was focused on bread-and-butter issues for New Yorkers.
“I’m not interested in Twitter politics, but in getting trash pickup,” Adams said.
New York Post cover: Mayor Adams calls Zohran a "snake oil salesman."
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Adams, who has called Mamdani a “snake oil salesman,” also attacked the Democratic primary winner as having grown up with a “silver spoon.”
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The forward-looking event, however, had some reminders of the scandals that plagued Adams’ first term.
Brianna Suggs, the top campaign fundraiser whose shocking federal raid last year first revealed the corruption probe into Adams, was spotted at the event.
She stood alongside Winnie Greco, a longtime Adams aide who resigned from City Hall after her properties in the Bronx were raided by FBI agents.
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