Game of chicken: Eric Adams, Cuomo want each other out of NYC mayoral race
The mayor also revealed Cuomo had called him to ask the same thing.
'I'm the sitting mayor of the City of New York, and you expect for me to step aside when you just lost to Zohran by 12 points?' Adams asked in the CNBC interview, citing the nearly $30 million in outside spending on behalf of Cuomo by super PACs and the candidate's own warchest.
'They heard your message. You lost … that's the highest level of arrogance,' he added, accusing Cuomo of having a long history of undermining Black candidates, including former Gov. David Paterson, former state Comptroller H. Carl McCall and Charlie King. (Paterson and McCall endorsed Cuomo's mayoral run earlier this year and King has been a key player in Cuomo's campaign.)
The inclusion of Cuomo and Adams on independent lines on the November ballot is making the general election more competitive than any in recent memory. Attorney Jim Walden is also running on an independent line, while Curtis Sliwa is running under the Republican banner.
Last week, Walden proposed an independent survey to determine which of the four candidates would be best suited to stop Mamdani. He argued the weaker candidates should then pledge to support the strongest challenger, even though it is too late for anyone to remove their names from the ballot.
On Monday, Cuomo's team acknowledged the tough math facing the pack of moderates and the GOP candidate: On their current trajectories, they are set to carve up the non-Mamdani vote into several inconsequential pieces. Cuomo and Adams in particular stand to split their shared base of Black voters.
Cuomo spokesperson Rich Azzopardi reiterated his team's belief that Adams does not have a path, but said his candidate is considering Walden's pitch.
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