I updated with an opinion at the end and would love to hear readers opinions.
Mark Halperin’s 2-Way podcast with Sean Spicer and Dan Turrentine discussed the latest rumor that Eric Adams is getting out of the race. The other part of the rumor is that President Trump will give him a job.
Rumors have been flying around the Internet that Eric Adams and possibly Curtis Sliwa will leave the mayoral race. Allegedly, President Trump is considering offering Eric Adams a position in the administration. Adams could then give his endorsement to Cuomo. Whether President Trump would consider the same thing for Sliwa, we can’t say.
Zohran Mamdani could win and as a communist Islamist he could do tremendous irreversible damage to the City. De Blasio endorsed Mamdani but he too is a communist.
Trump is hearing daily from his wealthy friends that he has to do something to keep Mamdani from winning.
Mark Halperin is hearing rumors that Adams is getting out of the race.
Dan Turrentine, a Democrat strategist, said one block of voters would move to Cuomo. If it becomes a two-way race, Cuomo wins. Mamdani can’t get above 40% and that means 60% of New York has a problem with him.
Mamdani is allegedly at 89% in the polls. Halperin said that Adams hasn’t been doing that well and if Adams gets out of the race, Mamdani gets 75% or 70%. Mamdani would get some of Adams’ support.
Watch:
“My world, my inbox is filled with chatter that Mayor Adams is going to get out of the mayoral race,” says @MarkHalperin about the New York City contest. “I don’t know that it’s true. I’m not reporting that he’s getting out. I’m just telling you a lot of people are saying he’s… pic.twitter.com/Xw7TxtT7J5
— 2WAY (@2waytvapp) September 3, 2025
Opinion
Andrew Cuomo caused a lot of the crime problems in New York with his no-bail laws, age laws, and discovery laws. During the pandemic, he was tyrannical, and dishonest. He stood down as the elderly died while having safe facilities available to them with a near-empty ship and the Jacob Javitts Center. All Andrew cared about was the politics and exploiting the pandemic to hurt Republicans and Donald Trump. He wanted to be president. He lied about the deaths of the elderly; he covered it up. Trump should not help Cuomo.
To help Sliwa, a man who fights crime, would be the best thing to do. Ignore the polls. Cuomo is better than Mamdani, but both Cuomo and Adams are crooks.
Sliwa is a good person. He’s not even that Republican, and has more centrist views. I don’t know why people wouldn’t vote for him. He’s worth the risk.
Wouldn’t Rank Choice Voting play a part in the Mayoral election? Or, they can always cheat. It never stopped them before. Upstate and downstate need to succeed from NYC. One can dream, can’t they?
I agree. NYC would move in a positive direction under Sliwa. Cuomo and Adams are helping Zohran get elected, by taking votes from Sliwa. Cuomo is too big headed to get out. This story seems like another deception, to try to get a leftist other than Zohran elected. Suppose the runoff is between Zohran and Sliwa, Sliwa would have a… Read more »
Sliwa is the only good choice.
Communist or constitutionalist. The only two “party” choices.