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New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams made her first official move toward a 2025 mayoral run on Wednesday, filing paperwork with New York City’s Campaign Finance Board to form a campaign committee.
“ We currently have chaos and diminished trust in the other side of City Hall,” Adams, a Democrat, told Gothamist in an interview. “That’s why I’m seriously considering a campaign to become the first woman mayor of New York City.”
If elected, Adams would be the first woman, the first Black woman and the first City Council speaker to become mayor of New York City – a triple milestone.
To break those barriers, Adams faces a series of daunting obstacles including a crowded field of Democrats who have already spent months campaigning and fundraising. She also needs a successful organizing sprint to ramp up a campaign operation and begin delivering a message to voters.
This all comes as former Gov. Andrew Cuomo stands poised to add his own heavyweight candidacy to the race.
Like Cuomo, Adams is making calls to gauge interest and potential support from other elected officials and faith leaders. She said it was through those calls, and the support she heard in those conversations, that she felt motivated her to take this next step. Forming a campaign committee allows her to raise and spend money on her candidacy. READ MORE…
