NYC Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted for federal crimes

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Would it work like the jungle primary system? One universal primary for every candidate, and then top two move to the general.

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9 hours ago, Raptorpat said:

Would it work like the jungle primary system? One universal primary for every candidate, and then top two move to the general.

I have no clue and without an explanation of what an open primary would look like I’m not voting yes on it. Why would I want republicans to get together and vote on the democratic candidate that THEY would prefer? Because republicans in nyc largely have to put up with democrats in high positions?  Republicans definitely would cry foul if democrats did that.  I’m assuming you can only vote in one primary. Why would anyone give up a chance to vote for their preferred party candidate? I know republicans would have loved to vote in this Dem mayoral primary and that would have sucked but still I would only be for it for independents. They too would get to participate which is the only plus from what I can tell 

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22 hours ago, Raptorpat said:

 

What does he mean by make it hot again?

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MNYCGA

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NEW YORK — Andrew Cuomo is scrambling to shore up backing for a general election run, even as pillars of support for his New York City mayoral campaign crumble.

The former governor and his advisers have courted Democratic elected officials, business leaders and labor chiefs who endorsed his failed primary bid in an attempt to keep them in his fold for November, according to four people with direct knowledge of the conversations.

In phone calls since his double-digit loss to democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani, Cuomo has insisted there’s a path forward in a five-candidate general election field and referenced public polling that showed him neck-and-neck with the state lawmaker.

So far, the argument doesn’t seem to be working. Two key components of Cuomo’s base — Black leaders and unions — are abandoning his campaign. The developments call into question whether Cuomo, whose institutional support was unmatched in the primary, would have any establishment backing in a general election.

A November victory would be extraordinarily difficult against a Democratic nominee in a deep-blue city — and even harder without significant outside support.

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Cuomo spokesperson Rich Azzopardi in a statement said general election voters won’t embrace Adams’ Trump alliance or Mamdani’s hard-left politics.

“Everyone is entitled to their own political opinion — we understand President Trump supports Eric Adams, and do not believe socialism is the answer,” Azzopardi said. “Most New Yorkers are not Trumpers, and most New Yorkers are not socialists — the majority lies in the middle. We will continue to assess the current situation in the best interest of the people of the city of New York.”

Cuomo’s general election pitch, in part, is that a November electorate will be different than a closed party primary. A general election will turn out independents and Republicans who could be persuaded to vote for the moderate former governor over Mamdani and Adams, Cuomo’s team has asserted. Ranked-choice voting, which Cuomo did not utilize as a strategy after being endorsed by fellow mayoral candidate Jessica Ramos, will not be used in the general election.

Adams and Cuomo share a base that includes Black New Yorkers, Jewish voters and blue-collar people who live outside Manhattan. In one phone call with a state lawmaker, Cuomo acknowledged Adams’ presence in the race would make a November victory harder to achieve.

The former governor, though, insists he would be able to win in a race that includes an untested Mamdani.

“He believes there is a path forward and wants to take it,” one Democratic state lawmaker, who was granted anonymity to relay the private conversation with the former governor, told POLITICO.

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The wealthy donors who backed Cuomo’s primary bid are also not guaranteed to follow him into November.

A Cuomo-allied super PAC raised $25 million to support his primary bid, though the money did little to blunt the momentum of Mamdani’s volunteer-powered campaign. The group, which received $8.3 million from billionaire former Mayor Michael Bloomberg, as well as cash from real estate and financial industry titans, has not determined its next steps in the general election.

Adams, meanwhile, met last week with business leaders — including those who supported Cuomo’s super PAC.

“After Andrew Cuomo’s loss, the phone hasn’t stopped ringing,” Adams campaign spokesperson Todd Shapiro said.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/02/andrew-cuomo-new-york-sharpton-00437927

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Sharpton was on NY1 and he thinks Cuomo should drop out for the good of the City. I agree.  He would just take away votes from Mamdani, giving us a second Adams term. Ofc that might happen anyway because I’m sure there are plenty of people unwilling to vote for Mamdani. They’d rather hold their nose and vote for the Trump puppet instead. I shudder to imagine what a second Adams’ term would look like 🫠