(5 Sep 2025)
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New York – 05 September 2025
1. Wide of New York Mayor Eric Adams at press briefing
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Mayor Eric Adams, (D) New York:
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“I am in this race and I’m the only one that can beat Mamdani. What we have done in three and a half years shows why we have to continue the success we have. I have two spoiled brats running for mayor. They were born with silver spoons in their mouths, not like working class New Yorkers. I’m a working class, New Yorker. They are not like us."
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Mayor Eric Adams, (D) New York:
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“So there’s a lot of reports that I’m in Washington on Monday. Those reports are wrong, I’m not. I’ll be moving throughout this city in the five boroughs that made me mayor in the first place. I’m running for reelection, and I’m going to tell New Yorkers every day why I believe I should be the mayor of the city of New York in 2026. I am running. And I’m going to beat Mamdani, and I’m going to continue the success that this city has witnessed."
4. Wide of Adams leaving press briefing
STORYLINE:
New York City Mayor Eric Adams insisted again Friday that he won’t end his reelection campaign, stressing that he will remain in the race as reports swirl that he’s been approached about possibly taking a job in the Trump administration.
In a hastily called news conference at the mayor’s official residence, Gracie Mansion, Adams told reporters “I am running for reelection"
“I’m running, and I’m going to beat Mamdani," he said, referring to the Democratic nominee, Zohran Mamdani.
The mayor has spent the week fending off news reports that intermediaries for President Donald Trump have contacted people in his orbit to talk about whether he would consider abandoning his campaign to take a federal job.
Adams’ comments came a day after Trump told reporters he would prefer not to have Mamdani, 33, as the city’s next mayor. He said he’d like to see two out of the three other major candidates — which also include former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa — leave the race to create a one-on-one contest.
Mamdani won the Democratic nomination after soundly defeating Cuomo in the primary. The former governor is still in the race as an independent candidate.
Adams is also running as an independent in the general election after skipping the primary, saying he was sidelined from campaigning by his now-dismissed federal bribery case.
AP Video shot by Joseph B. Frederick
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