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New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani said President Trump’s donors “will not decide” the game, hours after current mayor Eric Adams ended his reelection.
“Donald Trump and his billionaire donors may be able to determine the actions of Eric Adams and Andrew Cuomo, but they won’t decide the outcome of this election,” Mamdani said on MSNBC on Sunday night. “This is still the same as the election we started on October 23 (2024).
Adams quit Sunday, just three weeks after he vowed to stay. The mayor has been in an independence campaign since April and reportedly met with White House special envoy Steve Witkoff earlier this month to discuss potential roles in the administration.
Republican mayor nominee Curtis Sliwa also said last week that he had received currency quotes from wealthy New Yorkers to exit the game. However, it is not clear whether Sliwa’s unnamed individual is a Trump donor.
Former New York Governor Cuomo is on an independent mayoral campaign and denies speaking to Trump after The New York Times reported that they spoke over the phone. Mamdani, who beat Cuomo and many of his competitors to win the Democratic nod in the summer, slammed Trump’s efforts to reduce the match to two-way matches.
“Donald Trump talked time and time again about how he wanted to narrow the game, how he wanted to use every tool to try to stop this campaign to achieve affordability,” Mamdani told MSNBC on Sunday. “And, we’re seeing the moment of all these games here.
“But we want to show him that New Yorkers are tired of his politics, they are tired of being priced out of the city.”
Mamdani’s comments responded to comments from his video posted to social platform X shortly after Adams exited the game. In the video, Mamdani criticized the mayor’s record and warned Cuomo.
“For Andrew Cuomo. You have your own wishes. You want Trump and the billionaire friends to help you clear the field. But don’t forget. You also want me to be the opponent in the primary and we beat you with 13 points.”
In a poll published last week on Suffolk University City Views, 45% of respondents supported Mandani. Cuomo, Sliwa and Adams received support from 25%, 9%, and 8%, respectively.