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Campaign 2025

Meet Your Mayor 2025

Gothamist May 14, 2025, 6:00 a.m.May 13, 2025, 4:43 p.m.

Who should you rank on your ballot to be the next mayor of New York City? Take the same quiz the candidates did and find your closest match.

DC 37 director Henry Garrido speaks at their Lower Manhattan headquarters about the union’s endorsement of Council Speaker Adrienne Adams for mayor.

Campaign 2025

City’s Largest Municipal Union and AG James Back Adrienne Adams for Mayor

April 23, 2025, 4:17 p.m.April 23, 2025, 4:18 p.m.

The of DC 37’s more than 200,000 and retirees could provide a boost for the City Council speaker’s struggling mayoral campaign.

Council Speaker Adrienne Adams speaks at a rally outside City Hall against Mayor Eric Adams' executive order allowing ICE and other federal agencies back onto Rikers Island.

Immigration

City Council Gears Up for Sanctuary City Fight

April 10, 2025, 6:36 p.m.April 10, 2025, 6:39 p.m.

Lawmakers signed a resolution Thursday allowing Speaker Adrienne Adams to sue Mayor Eric Adams and the Trump istration.

Campaign 2025

Newly ‘Independent’ Mayor Eric Adams Rails Against Democrats in Forum Debut

April 3, 2025, 6:03 p.m.April 3, 2025, 6:04 p.m.

Rev. Al Sharpton hosted mayoral hopefuls just after Adams abandoned his Democratic primary bid.

Campaign 2025

Working Families Party Takes Steps to Run Mayoral Candidate in General Election

April 3, 2025, 12:42 p.m.April 3, 2025, 10:01 p.m.

Confirmation of the party's moves comes as Mayor Eric Adams said he'll skip the Democratic primary to run as an independent.

FAQ NYC

LISTEN: Running Hard or Hardly Running?

March 10, 2025, 6:09 p.m.March 10, 2025, 6:10 p.m.

While Andrew Cuomo tops the early polls, Council Speaker Adrienne Adams is officially running for mayor and Mayor Eric Adams seems to be going through the motions. As New Yorkers try to make sense of the dizzying election shaping up here amid an unprecedented second Trump presidency that seems to be taking direct aim at […]

Adrienne Adams

Speaker Adams’ Lincoln Center Speech Doubles as First Performance of Her Mayoral Campaign

March 4, 2025, 2:38 p.m.March 4, 2025, 2:39 p.m.

In her ‘State of the City’ address, the City Council leader touted her experience as a citywide leader and said New York needs “partnership over patriarchy.”

Campaign 2025

Adams vs. Adams: City Council Speaker Takes Steps to Mayoral Race

Feb. 27, 2025, 2:50 p.m.Feb. 27, 2025, 2:50 p.m.

Following chants of “Run, Adrienne, run!” and increased from her colleagues, Adrienne Adams said she launched a campaign committee late Wednesday, as a former governor also considers ing the fray.