New York City Mayor Eric Adams is staying in the city’s mayoral race, he announced Friday.

The Trump administration had exerted pressure on him to drop his bid to give former Gov. Andrew Cuomo a better chance to win against socialist Zohran Mamdani in November.

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He came out swinging at the start of the press conference.

“Andrew Cuomo is a snake and a liar,” Adams said, accusing Cuomo of “pushing black candidates out of races” in the past.

“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 o

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