NYC Mayor Eric Adams Asked For Response To Andrew Cuomo Refusing To Drop Out Of Mayoral Race

At a press briefing, NYC Mayor Eric Adams responded to former Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) refusing to drop out of the NYC mayoral contest.

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00:00Hello, brother.

00:01All right, you can hear me this way.

00:03So, the Reverend Al this morning called on former Governor Cuomo to drop out of the race,

00:09making the case that a one-on-one between you and Mr. Mamdani is the fairest version for New Yorkers.

00:16But a few minutes ago, the Cuomo campaign said New Yorkers know that Trump supports you

00:21and New Yorkers don't want socialism and that Cuomo is more of the middle.

00:25How would you respond to that?

00:26I don't have a response.

00:27I'm going to do what I do best, campaign with people.

00:31People who know me, as Laurie gave that narrative many years ago,

00:36people who know me, they know that I'm an independent voice.

00:39I respond to the people of this city.

00:42I've been clear on that.

00:43Everyone knows that.

00:44They know.

00:45I think it's almost an insult for anyone to state that anyone is going to control a person who has been independent for 40 years.

00:52My record speaks for itself.

00:54You know, New Yorkers know me.

00:55They know how authentic I am on fighting on behalf of New Yorkers.

00:59When the president is wrong, I'm going to stand up.

01:01When the president is right, like giving us a stop record, lifting a stop record order and a multi-billion dollar initiative,

01:09I'm going to go down and advocate.

01:11I'm going to advocate for New Yorkers like I did with President Biden.

01:15I'm going to do it under this administration.

01:17It's about New York.

01:18It's not about name calling.

01:19It's about producing for the city.

01:22And that's what I'm going to do.

01:23That's my history.