Adams backs Cuomo in NYC mayoral race as Cuomo attacks Mamdani with controversial comments

(NEW YORK) — Less than a month after dropping out of the mayor’s race, embattled incumbentEric Adams on Thursday endorsed former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has been ramping up his attacks against Democratic nominee state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani.

Adams, who stepped aside due to low poll numbers and scandals involving a federal indictment that was later dismissed, made the announcement the day after he and Cuomo sat courtside together for the New York Knicks NBA home opener at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night, right after a contentious mayoral debate between Mamdani, Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa.

Mamdani responded on his social media accounts.

“Corruption goes courtside,” he wrote, sharing the photo that Cuomo posted.

Adams and Cuomo appeared together Thursday afternoon to an