New York (AP) – The Mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, insisted on Wednesday that he did not drop his re -election campaign after he had been reported that he had asked himself to possibly take a job with the Federal Government.
Trump Administration agents recently turned people near Adams, a democrat, to discuss whether he would be open to the submission of his re -election campaign for the acceptance of a federal job, a person who is familiar with these discussions.
The person spoke about the private nature of these conversations with the Associated Press in the condition of anonymity.
It was unclear how far these discussions had progressed, but when media reports over them increased, in interviews and a spokesman that he had no intention to leave competition against democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani, former governor Andrew Cuomo, and the Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa.
“Mayor Adams did not meet with Donald Trump – don’t believe the noise. He does not drop out of the race,” said his campaign spokesman Todd Shapiro.
After Mamdani had hit the democratic primary school that had skipped Adams, some experts suggested that the 33-year-old democratic socialist could be unbeatable in the general elections, unless either Cuomo or Adams.
During a series of television interviews in which he had intended to fight the crimes in the city, Adams fought the idea that he could leave the race.
“If there are changes in this race, I will say that,” said Adams to Fox 5.
After Adams spent on Tuesday after his 65th birthday on Tuesday in Florida, he was asked if he was met with someone from the Trump administration. The mayor would only say that he “met several political personalities”, including Miami’s republican mayor.
“I met several political personalities in Florida,” he said to Pix11 and said that the trip should “deal with some personal topics”.
In this interview, Adams returned to questions whether he would leave the competition, but added: “I have never had a problem finding jobs at the transition.”
Later on Wednesday, Adams confirmed at a press conference that was still about the re -election and did not go to Florida to “find a job”, and added that he was often impressed by boards, educational institutions and others who were impressed by what he did with the city.
The White House did not immediately answer a message that was looking for a comment on Wednesday evening.
Mamdani held a press conference in Manhattan on Wednesday and called the reports “an affront to democracy”.
“We know that this city will decide its own future. And we know that it is New Yorkers to which we will turn to make this decision in November not the White House in Washington, DC,” he said.
Adams had previously left the democratic primary school after being charged in a federal corruption case. The Trump administration successfully took the case so that the mayor could better support the president’s immigration agenda, which Adams freeded to general elections as independent elections, but did not lend a hand his image in the overwhelming democratic city.
A spokesman for Cuomo, who is now running as an independent candidate, did not immediately give back an inquiry for comments.
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Associated Press Writer Michelle L. Price in Washington contributed.
