New York City Mayor Eric Adams will endorse disgraced former Gov. Andrew Cuomo to be the city’s next mayor, The New York Times reported Thursday.
Adams’ endorsement comes as a shock, given the pair’s venom-filled exchanges prior to Adams dropping his reelection campaign.
Cuomo is running on the independent ballot after losing the Democratic nomination to Zohran Mamdani, who is the clear front-runner.
Speaking to the the Times, Adams said he would campaign alongside Cuomo in neighborhoods where the mayor remains popular, arguing it is “imperative to really wake up the Black and brown communities that have suffered from gentrification on how important this race is.”
Todd Shapiro, a spokesperson for Adams, confirmed the endorsement to CNN and said that details of their joint appearances are being finalized.
