Fernando Mateo, a Republican candidate for mayor in 2021, is backing Eric Adams’s re-election for mayor and appealed to President Trump Sunday to persuade Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa to

With the candidates in the New York City mayoral race now officially set, controversies and questions are starting to arise.

New York Mayor Eric Adams is kicking off his independent reelection bid. He says Thursday at City Hall that the race is a choice between a blue-collar candidate and one with a silver spoon, referring to likely Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani.