US president could intervene in New York mayoral race to prevent Zohran Mamdani from winning

The conversations have also involved Curtis Sliwa with the goal of giving Andrew Cuomo a better chance of defeating Zohran Mamdani in November.

US president could intervene in New York mayoral race to prevent Zohran Mamdani from winning

New York City's Democratic mayoral nominee had a "serious" proposal for the president.

Sources tell US media the move aims to withdraw Adams from mayoral race to strengthen Cuomo and defeat Mamdani.

President Donald Trump recently said he’d like to see two people drop out of the NYC mayor's race “and have it be one on one.” He didn't specify who.

Mr Adams is currently fourth in the polls, trailing frontrunners Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo and the Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa

President Trump has said he wants two candidates to drop out of the New York mayor's race to clear the way to beat Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani.