He’s one smoothie operator.
Mayor Eric Adams stated he’ll be “high-quality” if he fails in his longshot reelection bid, telling reporters Tuesday he’s cool with all he’s completed in his lone turbulent time period in workplace — and in his life.
“Who cares what occurs subsequent time period? You already know, who cares?” stated Adams, who dropped out of a crowded Democratic Celebration major to run as an unbiased within the basic election in November.
“I reached the whole lot I ever thought I might attain in my life,” he added.
“I can’t complain. I stand up every single day sit on the again porch of Gracie Mansion, drink my smoothie and say, ‘Rattling, life is sweet.’”
Adams had been going through federal corruption prices however the case was dropped when President Trump got here into workplace on the course of his Division of Justice, inflicting turmoil within the native prosecutor’s workplace amongst attorneys who needed their day in courtroom.
Hizzoner’s feedback got here after a reporter requested if he missed being within the Democratic major race with weeks to go earlier than ballots are solid and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo the clear frontrunner.
Adams had been trailing in polls by a large margin earlier than he determined to step out of the first.
Adams stated he wasn’t preoccupied by the result.
“So, what occurs subsequent time goes to be high-quality, I’m going to be high-quality. I’m going to be nice,” he asserted.
The mayor additionally lamented the ability of cash in campaigns, with the town’s Marketing campaign Finance Board having blocked Adams and others from matching taxpayer funds.
Adams himself has obtained $0 in public matching funds from the CFB, largely partly to his since-dismissed felony corruption case, as The Submit has beforehand reported.
“We have to take cash out of politics,” Adams stated, although he didn’t explicitly reference his personal marketing campaign finance woes.
“It might be a greater return on funding if the town says it’s essential to attain a certain quantity of signatures, right here’s how a lot cash you may spend, $2 million, $3 million, no matter — and that’s it.”
Regardless of the practically $4 million in matching funds Adams has missed out on because of the CFB’s suspicion, his group has nonetheless been capable of run adverts and marketing campaign — although successful isn’t the whole lot, he stated.
“I’m the one hundred and tenth mayor, if I’m 111 high-quality, if I’m not I’m 110,” Adams stated.
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