New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) slammed his mayoral opponents Wednesday after Zohran Mamdani bested former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary.
The embattled Adams, who is running for reelection as an independent, called the 33-year-old Mamdani a “snake oil salesman” for promoting policies for free buses, affordable housing and no-cost childcare as top platform points.
“He’s a snake oil salesman,” Adams said during a Wednesday appearance on Fox News’s “Fox & Friends.”
“He would say and do anything to get elected,” he added.
Ballots and the ranked choice calculations are outstanding, but Mamdani has claimed victory, celebrating his win over Cuomo — who has conceded — as a historic feat.
Adams, however, said the former New York governor didn’t really want the job.
“Andrew, at this time, should realize that the time has moved on. He just did not bring the energy of wanting to be mayor,” Adams told Fox News.
“People know if you want the job. He didn’t want the job.”
During the segment, Adams predicted Mamdani would lose the overall race for mayor due to progressive policies.
“You are going to get those grandmothers, those granddads, those working-class people who are going to come out because they realize they don’t want to defund their police department. They want the police on their block. They realize that you have to invest in businesses. And small property owners are hurting in this city, when you talk about freeze rent and no rent,” Adams said.
