By Daniel Rose
On November 4, 2025, New Yorker voters will elect our next mayor, and public attention and discussion has focused almost exclusively on the incumbent, Mayor Eric Adams, and his chief challenger, former NY State Governor, Andrew Cuomo.
At this important electoral moment, painfully little public scrutiny has been devoted to the many and varied critical issues — economic, social and political – that face New York today, and knowledgeable commentary across the political spectrum should be encouraged to address them.
One, of course, is the question of : A) Who are other possible candidates (present and future) ? The answer is that nine individuals have announced their candidacies and several more are said to be contemplating running, but none is considered a realistic possibility.
A second urgent question is : B) What are the most challenging problems confronting New York today ? The answers would be : A) improved public security and effective criminal justice administration; B) improved public education, especially for the youngest ages ; C) increased housing production at all economic levels; and D) appropriate attention to the city’s homeless.
All of these issues merit the thoughtful consideration, widespread general discussion and appropriate action that they are not presently receiving.
To return to the topic of our choice on November 4, 2025, we note the factors involved in the battle between Mayor Eric Adams and former New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo.
Our enthusiastic support for Eric Adams in the Mayoral race of 2022 was based primarily on his distinguished professional career, both as a police officer and as an effective elected official. In 1994, Adams ran unsuccessfully for Congress, and in 2006 he ran successfully for the New York State Senate, serving four terms until 2013, when he was elected Borough President of Brooklyn, at which he served until 2021, when he was elected Mayor of New York City, as a ‘tough-on-crime’ candidate. Today he presents himself as a tough-minded social moderate who pledges to keep extreme left-wingers from their counter-productive influences on Democratic thinking.
In September, 2024, Eric Adams was indicted on federal charges of bribery, fraud and of soliciting foreign campaign contributions, which has prompted 15 prominent Democratic state and local officials to call for his resignation. In hopes of federal support in protecting himself from conviction, on October 26, 2024 Adams spoke out in public praise of Donald Trump, which has not been well-received by many of his supporters, particularly Al Sharpton, one of his most enthusiastic admirers.
Andrew Cuomo today states his positions clearly, on housing, education and public safety; and his calling the term ‘defunding the police’ absurdly counter-productive is widely popular.
In the years ahead, we feel that New York voters will be well-served by this impressive figure, and we wish him success in his efforts on our collective behalf.