Eric Adams rebuffed speculation that he might be exiting the New York City mayor’s race on Friday afternoon, saying that he planned to continue his struggling campaign following a day of dizzying revelations about his potential nomination as U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia.

Adams, the current mayor, announced the decision at a press conference outside Gracie Mansion, hours after The New York Times reported that the Trump administration was weighing him for the ambassadorship as a way to try to block Zohran Mamdani from being elected to lead the city.

“There’s a lot of reports that I’m in Washington on Monday. Those reports are wrong. I’m not. I will be moving throughout this city in the five boroughs that made me mayor in the first place,” Adams said. “I’m running for re-election, and I’

See Full Page