Adrienne Adams, the City Council speaker, created a fund-raising committee in advance of a potential campaign, as allies try to persuade her to run against Mayor Eric Adams and Andrew M. Cuomo.
The mayor is losing support from a crucial cohort whose members say he is damaging the political prospects of other Black officials.
Mayor Adams hit back at Gov. Hochul for moving to curtail his powers — suggesting it was all a show to satisfy his critics.
The change of plans for the incumbent came just hours before the event was set to kick off in Lower Manhattan with members of the city’s largest municipal union DC37 set to hear from the
Former Brooklyn Democratic chairman Frank Seddio said he doesn’t see a path for embattled Adams to win re-election.