NYC Mayor's Race: Adams claims he'll register 1M new voters in general election effort to overcome Mamdani

Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday boldly pledged to register one million new voters for the general election as part of his independent bid to overcome Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani — who won the primary in part by registering tens of thousands of new voters.

Adams said he can win his tough general re-election battle, after sitting out the Democratic primary, by essentially mimicking Mamdani’s turnout strategy, which helped the democratic socialist Assembly member beat the presumed primary frontrunner — former Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The mayor charged that Cuomo lost the primary because he “underestimated the unregistered voter.”

“We’re going to register a million new voters,” Adams said during a Tuesday morning Fox Business interview. “We’re going to allow the 91% of New Yorkers to come out and voice what they want our city to look like. Only 9% voted in the primary, 91% have yet to communicate.”

The mayor appeared to be referring to the relatively small number of registered voters who cast ballots in a city of nearly 8.5 million people.




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