Big-City Mayors

If someone constantly reports, even when you say otherwise, that you’re leaving the race the next day, you’re leaving the race the next day, you lose your funders and your donors.

I’ll make the right decision for the city of New York, a city I love.

We’ve got to make the right decision.

No, I can’t say that.

Although this is the end of my reelection campaign, it is not the end of my public service.

I urge New Yorkers to choose leaders not by what they promised, but by what they have delivered.

Major change is welcome and necessary, but beware of those who claim the answer to destroy the very system we built together over generations.

Political anger is turning into political violence.

Our children are being radicalized to hate our city and our country.

Extremism is growing in our politics.

Too often, insidious forces use local government to advance divisive agendas with little regard for how it hurts everyday New Yorkers.

Extremism is growing in our politics.

Despite all we’ve achieved, I cannot continue my re-election campaign.

On November 4th, we are going to turn the page on the politics of big money and small ideas and deliver a government every New Yorker can be proud of.

Donald Trump and his billionaire donors might be able to determine Eric Adams and Andrew Cuomo’s actions but they will not dictate the results of this election.

I’m gonna punch these sons of bitches in the mouth.

We are going to fight back, and we’re going to punch this bully in the mouth.

We must choose leaders not by what they promise, but by what they have delivered.

I warn of the insidious forces out to use local government to advance divisive agendas with little regard for how it hurts everyday New Yorkers.

We have to think that his refusal to roll over for the hard left goes a long way to explaining the decision of the imperious, unaccountable Campaign Finance Board to kneecap his re-election campaign by denying it any matching funds.

To continue what we’ve done.

I know I cannot continue my campaign.

What you have witnessed over the last three years and eight months is a consistent narrative that has been created: The second Black mayor is corrupt, the second Black mayor is incompetent.

We’ve got to make the right decision. I’ll make the right decision for the city of New York, a city I love.