Jeffery C. Mays
@jeffcmays.bsky.social
Metro politics reporter @nytimes https://www.nytimes.com/by/jeffery-c-mays
Speaking on CNBC, Eric Adams attempts to explain away his connection to Donald Trump around the dismissal of his federal corruption indictment, says Cuomo has asked him to drop out of general election: “I’m the sitting mayor of New York and you’re asking me to step aside when you lost by 12 points
July 7, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Speaking on CNBC, Eric Adams attempts to explain away his connection to Donald Trump around the dismissal of his federal corruption indictment, says Cuomo has asked him to drop out of general election: “I’m the sitting mayor of New York and you’re asking me to step aside when you lost by 12 points
Eric Adams announcement interrupted by protesters who call him a criminal and accuse him of selling out the city to Donald Trump
June 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Eric Adams announcement interrupted by protesters who call him a criminal and accuse him of selling out the city to Donald Trump
The crowd breaks into chants of “Eric, Eric” and “Four more years” as the mayor descends the City Hall steps.
June 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The crowd breaks into chants of “Eric, Eric” and “Four more years” as the mayor descends the City Hall steps.
Outside City Hall where Mayor Eric Adams is officially announcing his re-election campaign. His slogan: “Delivers. Never Quits.”
June 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Outside City Hall where Mayor Eric Adams is officially announcing his re-election campaign. His slogan: “Delivers. Never Quits.”
“You gotta have a fighter against Trump,” the Rev Sharpton says in Harlem with Andrew Cuomo seated nearby. “Don’t bring no punks to the real fight! Andrew didn’t say that, I said that.”
June 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
“You gotta have a fighter against Trump,” the Rev Sharpton says in Harlem with Andrew Cuomo seated nearby. “Don’t bring no punks to the real fight! Andrew didn’t say that, I said that.”
Andrew Cuomo’s Dodge Charger, parked slightly crookedly in front of Amy Ruth’s in Harlem, is driven away because four reporters waiting outside on the sidewalk refused to leave.
June 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Andrew Cuomo’s Dodge Charger, parked slightly crookedly in front of Amy Ruth’s in Harlem, is driven away because four reporters waiting outside on the sidewalk refused to leave.
Taking a swipe at the experience level of Zohran Mamdani, a 33 year old three term Assemblyman who is rising in the polls, Cuomo says: “You don’t know what you don’t know,” he said. “There’s nothing easy about governing New York City.”
June 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Taking a swipe at the experience level of Zohran Mamdani, a 33 year old three term Assemblyman who is rising in the polls, Cuomo says: “You don’t know what you don’t know,” he said. “There’s nothing easy about governing New York City.”
“It’s great to be in a building where there are no ICE agents outside,” said former Gov. David Paterson betore endorsing Andrew Cuomo.
June 11, 2025 at 2:16 PM
“It’s great to be in a building where there are no ICE agents outside,” said former Gov. David Paterson betore endorsing Andrew Cuomo.
Andrew Cuomo is in Harlem to receive endorsements from former Gov. David Paterson and Manhattan Dem chair, Keith Wright. Four years ago, both threw their support to Eric Adams.
June 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Andrew Cuomo is in Harlem to receive endorsements from former Gov. David Paterson and Manhattan Dem chair, Keith Wright. Four years ago, both threw their support to Eric Adams.
“We should all tone down our rhetoric,” and “ mean spirited, hateful language,” NYC Mayor Eric Adams says in response to question of whether he condemns call from Councilwoman Paladino that mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, a naturalized U.S. citizen, should be deported.
June 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
“We should all tone down our rhetoric,” and “ mean spirited, hateful language,” NYC Mayor Eric Adams says in response to question of whether he condemns call from Councilwoman Paladino that mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, a naturalized U.S. citizen, should be deported.
“Instead of having a mayor who has stood up like Ras Baraka, we have a mayor who has capitulated in the most humiliating way,” comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander says at WFP forum referring to Mayor Eric Adams’ dealing with the Trump Administration and getting corruption charges dropped.
May 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
“Instead of having a mayor who has stood up like Ras Baraka, we have a mayor who has capitulated in the most humiliating way,” comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander says at WFP forum referring to Mayor Eric Adams’ dealing with the Trump Administration and getting corruption charges dropped.
“You’ve got scandal running out the front door of City Hall and scandal trying to run through the back door,” Adrienne Adams, the speaker of the City Council and mayoral candidate referring to current Mayor Eric Adams and the frontrunner, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
May 19, 2025 at 8:35 PM
“You’ve got scandal running out the front door of City Hall and scandal trying to run through the back door,” Adrienne Adams, the speaker of the City Council and mayoral candidate referring to current Mayor Eric Adams and the frontrunner, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Rich Azzopardi, a spokesman for Andrew Cuomo, said the protesters who stormed the stage to interrupt the former governor during the Black Agenda forum in Brooklyn were “paid protesters” and a “bunch of white gentrifiers who tried to hijack a forum on Black issues.”
April 24, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Rich Azzopardi, a spokesman for Andrew Cuomo, said the protesters who stormed the stage to interrupt the former governor during the Black Agenda forum in Brooklyn were “paid protesters” and a “bunch of white gentrifiers who tried to hijack a forum on Black issues.”
Forum has returned to normal. Cuomo addressing mental illness, says if a person is in danger of harming themselves or others, the “humane” thing to do is get them help “not leave them on the street.
April 24, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Forum has returned to normal. Cuomo addressing mental illness, says if a person is in danger of harming themselves or others, the “humane” thing to do is get them help “not leave them on the street.
After the first group of protesters, another man tried to interrupt Cuomo at the forum. He was escorted out. This was supposed to be a friendly crowd for Cuomo since forum organizers had endorsed him.
April 24, 2025 at 1:29 AM
After the first group of protesters, another man tried to interrupt Cuomo at the forum. He was escorted out. This was supposed to be a friendly crowd for Cuomo since forum organizers had endorsed him.
Protesters chanting “Cuomo lies and New Yorkers die” during the Black Agenda forum in Brooklyn. Several protestors bum rushed the stage and came very close to Cuomo.
April 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Protesters chanting “Cuomo lies and New Yorkers die” during the Black Agenda forum in Brooklyn. Several protestors bum rushed the stage and came very close to Cuomo.
Speaking at the Black Agenda forum, former governor Andrew Cuomo refers to a fatal stray bullet shooting in Harlem and says “we defunded the police” and the crowd yells back, “no we didn’t.”
April 24, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Speaking at the Black Agenda forum, former governor Andrew Cuomo refers to a fatal stray bullet shooting in Harlem and says “we defunded the police” and the crowd yells back, “no we didn’t.”
“Where were you when they were stealing Black homes….when gun violence was ravaging our blocks,” Zellnor Myrie says at the Black Agenda forum, the first candidate who is going aggressively after former governor Andrew Cuomo(though not by name), who was endorsed by the forum’s organizer.
April 24, 2025 at 12:58 AM
“Where were you when they were stealing Black homes….when gun violence was ravaging our blocks,” Zellnor Myrie says at the Black Agenda forum, the first candidate who is going aggressively after former governor Andrew Cuomo(though not by name), who was endorsed by the forum’s organizer.
The leader of the City Council, @nycspeakeradams.bsky.social ,raises concerns about the mayor holding up FBI Director Kash Patel’s book “Government Gangsters” at a news conference and said she hopes the mayor’s “potential loyalties” are with the “interests of New Yorkers first.”
April 2, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The leader of the City Council, @nycspeakeradams.bsky.social ,raises concerns about the mayor holding up FBI Director Kash Patel’s book “Government Gangsters” at a news conference and said she hopes the mayor’s “potential loyalties” are with the “interests of New Yorkers first.”
“I’m running for re-election, and you know what, I’m going to win,” Mr. Adams said outside of Gracie Mansion where he called the federal corruption charges just dismissed against him “baseless” and based on lies.
April 2, 2025 at 4:33 PM
“I’m running for re-election, and you know what, I’m going to win,” Mr. Adams said outside of Gracie Mansion where he called the federal corruption charges just dismissed against him “baseless” and based on lies.
"That's not on topic," @nycmayor says when @katiehonan.bsky.social asks at news conference about tax cuts about how Trump Administration cuts would affect working class New Yorkers. The mayor has avoided criticizing the Trump administration while his federal corruption indictment is still pending.
March 31, 2025 at 2:41 PM
"That's not on topic," @nycmayor says when @katiehonan.bsky.social asks at news conference about tax cuts about how Trump Administration cuts would affect working class New Yorkers. The mayor has avoided criticizing the Trump administration while his federal corruption indictment is still pending.
"She was the type of woman who walked in the room when everyone else walked out," Mayor Eric Adams says at funeral for NY N.A.A.C.P. head Dr. Hazel Dukes, remembering how she stood by him after he was federally indicted last year.
March 12, 2025 at 3:46 PM
"She was the type of woman who walked in the room when everyone else walked out," Mayor Eric Adams says at funeral for NY N.A.A.C.P. head Dr. Hazel Dukes, remembering how she stood by him after he was federally indicted last year.
“No drama, no scandal, no nonsense, just competence and integrity,” Adrienne Adams says in summing up her candidacy.
March 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
“No drama, no scandal, no nonsense, just competence and integrity,” Adrienne Adams says in summing up her candidacy.
“The last time a Black woman ran a couple of months ago we didn’t listen and now we are dealing with the consequences,” said Althea Stevens, a councilwoman from the Bronx referencing Kamala Harris’ loss in the presidential election in supporting City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams for mayor.
March 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
“The last time a Black woman ran a couple of months ago we didn’t listen and now we are dealing with the consequences,” said Althea Stevens, a councilwoman from the Bronx referencing Kamala Harris’ loss in the presidential election in supporting City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams for mayor.
In announcing her candidacy for mayor at the Rochdale Village Mall in Queens, City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams notably drops the Adams from her literature, making it just “Adrienne Democrat for NYC Mayor”
March 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
In announcing her candidacy for mayor at the Rochdale Village Mall in Queens, City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams notably drops the Adams from her literature, making it just “Adrienne Democrat for NYC Mayor”