A day after Mayor Adams announced he’s ending his re-election campaign , Zohran Mamdani slammed Andrew Cuomo’s record as governor, Cuomo campaigned in Manhattan and a longtime Adams ally said he’s already working the phones to try and rally support for the former governor.
The mayor’s exit from the race on Sunday marked a dramatic and historic turn for the race and has left a narrowed field that could potentially give a boost to Cuomo, who, recent polling showed facing a double-digit loss with all four candidates in the running. Adams’ political and donor bases are expected to migrate to Cuomo.
Frank Carone , Adams’ longtime political confidant who served as his campaign chairman, said shortly after the mayor’s Sunday announcement that he plans to start working in some way to help