New York City Mayor Eric Adams looks on during a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing to examine the jurisdiction of “sanctuary cities” on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 5, 2025.
Kent Nishimura | Reuters
New York City Mayor Eric Adams is expected to make what is billed as an “important campaign announcement” on Friday afternoon.
The event at Grace Mansion was publicly disclosed after The New York Times reported that close advisors to President Donald Trump have been working on a plan to nominate Adams as U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia.
If Adams drops his long-shot bid to win re-election as New York’s mayor, it could boost the chances of Andrew Cuomo in the race.
Zohran Mamdani is the Democratic Party’s nominee in the race, and is considered the clear front-runner.
Trump has said he would like two candidates to drop out of the contest to make it easier for a remaining challenger to defeat the democratic socialist Mamdani.
Adams and the former New York governor Cuomo are both Democrats.
But Adams is running for reelection as an independent, after deciding not to seek the Democratic nomination after facing falling public approval ratings and after being criminally indicted on federal corruption charges.
That criminal case was dropped in April at the request of the Trump administration.
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