Tuesday, May 13`, 2025
Year : 2, Issue: 37
AMNY: City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams’ campaign for mayor picked up a wave of endorsements Tuesday, as a coalition of elected officials and women-led organizations rallied behind her candidacy.
At a press conference in City Hall Park, Higher Heights PAC-NYS, the New Majority NYC, Downtown Women for Change, Council Members Crystal Hudson, Mercedes Narcisse, and Nantasha Williams, as well as former Council Member Helen Rosenthal, formally endorsed Adams.
“Adrienne Adams has spent her career fighting for the issues that matter most to Black women, our families, and our communities,” said Glynda C. Carr, president of Higher Heights, a national organization focused on building Black women’s political power. “She is built for this moment.”
When asked about former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the current front-runner in the polls and a candidate some believe may have strong support from Black voters, Speaker Adams said her campaign has been successful in “telling the truth” about Cuomo. Cuomo has been endorsed by a coalition of Black elected officials, and polling has shown that 79% of Black voters held a favorable opinion of him.
“People seem to have a bit of amnesia when it comes to the former governor and the things that he did and did not do in support — or lack thereof — of our community,” Adams said. “I have been out there telling the truth of what that history really is, and it has been very, very successful. It has been penetrating through our communities.”
Also backing Adams Tuesday was former Manhattan Borough President and City Council Member C. Virginia Fields, who was also the first Black woman to run for Mayor. She said Adams is the best person for the job, stressing that this election cycle was “very important” as NYC faces a crisis “in terms of policies, the economy, budget and also moral character, accountability, and transformational leadership.”
“New York needs a mayor who understands these problems because they are living these problems,” she said. “New York needs a mayor who isn’t in it for personal redemption or political ambition. We need a mayor who is in it for us. And by the grace of God and the power of New Yorkers, I will be that mayor.”
