Mayor Eric Adams on Sept. 5 announced that he would remain a candidate in the 2025 mayoral election on Nov. 4, following days of reports that he planned to withdraw at President Donald Trump’s behest in exchange for a nomination as U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia.
Trump and Adams denied the reports.
Adams delivered the news in remarks at Gracie Mansion, the mayor’s official residence, in Manhattan. He said that he was the only candidate in the race who could defeat state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee, who is a self-described democratic socialist and is leading in most major opinion polls….