Cuomo amassing support in Eric Adams' home base of Brooklyn

NEW YORK — Andrew Cuomo is solidifying support for his mayoral bid among the Brooklyn Democratic Party, an institution whose backing candidates covet despite its deteriorating ability to influence citywide races.

It marks a blow to Mayor Eric Adams, the underdog incumbent who was indicted last September in a federal corruption case that appears to be nearing a conclusion.

The Brooklyn Democrats — a party with internal divisions between longtime moderates and insurgent lefties — did not formally back Adams’ mayoral candidacy in 2021, but its leader supported him on her own. She also remained one of his most ardent defenders through his legal problems, recently rebuking calls for him to resign.

But that leader, Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, has told several people she is considering backing the former New York governor, according to four people familiar with those discussions.


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