NEW YORK (AP) – New York Mayor Eric Adams claimed he hadn’t fallen on Wednesday His reelection campaign After the report, he was approached about his potential to work with the federal government.
The Trump administration broker recently contacted people close to Democrat Adams to debate whether they were open to abandoning the reelection campaign to take on federal work, according to those familiar with those conversations.
The person spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity due to the private nature of those conversations.
It was unclear how far these talks went, but as the media reports about them, Adams in an interview and through a spokesman claimed he had no intention of dropping out of the contest. Democratic candidate Zoran Mamdaniformer governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican candidate Curtis Swa.
“Mayor Adams hasn’t met Donald Trump. Don’t believe the noise. He hasn’t dropped out of the race,” said Todd Shapiro, a spokesman for his campaign.
After Mamdani ran wild in the Democratic primary that Adams skipped, some experts suggested that the 33-year-old democratic socialist could be invincible in the general election, unless Cuomo or Adams drops out.
Adams fought the idea that he might leave the race in a series of television interviews where he was meant to talk about his efforts to fight crime in town.
“If there’s any change to this race, I’ll announce it,” Adams told Fox 5.
After spending Tuesday in Florida after his 65th birthday, Adams was asked if he had met anyone from the Trump administration while he was there. The mayor would just say he “met several politicians,” including the Republican mayor of Miami.
“I met some politicians in Florida,” he told PIX11, saying the trip was about “addressing personal issues.”
In that interview, Adams disagreed with questions about whether to close the contest, but added, “I’ve never had any problems finding work as I moved.”
Later Wednesday, Adams added in an unrelated press conference that he was still running for reelection, and would go to Florida to “seek for work,” adding that he would frequently receive job offers from other people who were impressed by what he did in the city.
The White House did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment Wednesday night.
Mamdani held a press conference in Manhattan on Wednesday, calling the report “a humiliation for democracy.”
“We know that the city will determine its own future, and we know that it’s New Yorkers who will resort to making that decision in November, not the White House in Washington, D.C.,” he said.
Adams had previously stopped the Democratic primary after being charged with a federal corruption case. Trump administration It moved normally To withdraw the lawsuit so that the mayor can better support the president’s immigration agenda, Adams was released to run as an independent in the general election, but has not helped his image in an overwhelmingly democratic city.
A spokesman for Cuomo, now operating as an independent candidate, did not immediately return a request for comment.
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Associated Press Writer Michelle L. Price contributed.
