Eric Adams, surrounded by faith leaders, officially launches his reelection campaign

[vanessa_ca]

He’s taking in donations again. His campaign website is live. His Link to tweet
" target="_blank">scandal-scarred advisers are back in public view. And most importantly, he’s got an opponent he thinks he can beat.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ reelection campaign stepped out of the shadows on Thursday, with a kickoff rally that crowded the steps of City Hall. The show of support for the recently embattled incumbent mayor came not from establishment Democrats or major unions who backed him in 2021, but the faith leaders who have stood by him through unprecedented turmoil over the past year.

The crowd of a few hundred people that led chants of “four more years” – in English and Spanish – included the Rev. Herbert Daughtry and former City Council member and City Hall faith adviser Fernando Cabrera. Before Adams took the stage, a half a dozen speakers sang his praises, including Bishop Chantel Wright, Jewish leader Mijal Bitton and Sheikh Musa Drammeh. Interfaith leaders have been a crucial and constant source of support for Adams, who has leaned on his faith in good times and bad. He’s suggested his path to City Hall was divinely ordained. Following his indictment on corruption charges last fall, it was faith leaders who rallied behind him as he faced calls to resign. When those charges were dropped at the insistence of the Trump Department of Justice – sparking new calls to resign in light of his cozying up to the Republican president – he said his “faith in God is stronger right now than it ever is.”

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With record low approval ratings and the tarnish of scandal clouding his viability, Adams is hoping that Mamdani’s youth, privileged background, identification as a democratic socialist and criticism of Israel’s war in Gaza will aid his longshot bid to keep his seat as an independent candidate. In fact, he’s seemed almost excited about the prospect of facing Mamdani in November – certainly more than he was about Cuomo. With the 33-year-old Assembly member having thoroughly outperformed the former governor in the primary, the city’s powerful business and real estate leaders seem willing to look past the string of scandals that scarred Adams’ tenure. Wednesday night, a group of business leaders and political brokers met with the mayor to discuss potentially backing him in the general election, seeing him as their best bet to stop Mamdani, The New York Times reported.

More: https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2025/06/eric-adams-surrounded-faith-leaders-officially-launches-his-reelection-campaign/406350/?oref=csny-homepage-top-story

“God has made the pathway for me to achieve." SERIOUSLY? WTF lol

[aocommunalpunch]

1. Faith leaders. Fuck them.

Self-interested trash who don’t believe the filth that comes out of their mouths.

[vanessa_ca]

2. Charlatans supporting an even bigger charlatan -eom