Eric Adams

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

to continue what we’ve done.

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.

extremism is growing in our politics.

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

I want to be clear, although this is the end of my campaign, this will not be the end of my public service.

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.

I know many New Yorkers have yet to feel the full impact of these historic achievements.

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

But trust me when I tell you: what we’ve started will continue to reach every community in this city.

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

I strongly encourage whoever takes over City Hall to continue what we’ve done.

It’s been an honor to be your mayor.

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.

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.

No, I can’t say that.

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

I will continue to embrace it.

This is three-dimensional chess, because the pieces are moving so rapidly.

I’m not quite sure why people think it’s all right for a young man in high school to go into a shower where young girls are.

The reason he can’t catch fire the way we want to is because to catch fire, you need oxygen.

They have undermined my ability to get my message out.

We were able to come up with a better deal for us, and we are able to make sure that project went forward.

I spent $8 million the last time I ran. I’m down to now half of that now.

Now what the City Council is doing is just grandstanding.