Adrienne Adams will back Mamdani for mayor
NEW YORK — New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams is backing former Democratic primary rival Zohran Mamdani for mayor — though she raised doubts about his chances in the general election.
“We’ll see if he’s elected,” Adams said Monday when asked in an interview with POLITICO whether she’s endorsing Mamdani. “But you know, I am a lifelong Democrat, and I will be supporting the Democratic nominee.”
The speaker said she had “no plans” to campaign for Mamdani but kept the door open to doing so.
“Tomorrow will be a week since the primaries and I’m still recovering from all of that wonderful work that I’ve done over the past few months,” she said at a separate, unrelated press conference Monday. “So we’ll look further down the road as time goes on.”
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