Eric Adams’ Mysterious Absence Sparks Rumors of NYC Re-Election Retreat – Twitchy

Sad news for the folks of New York City if this rumor is true. Yes, Eric Adams is a raging Leftist, but he’s way better than Zohran Mamdani and that is who they are going to end up with if things continue on this current trajectory. 

Eric Adams mysteriously MIA from weekend events as rumors swirl he’ll drop NYC re-election bid: ‘Looks like he’s thrown in the towel’ https://t.co/r2sPI92BUe pic.twitter.com/12t99VCEBa

— New York Post (@nypost) September 22, 2025

Mayor Eric Adams mysteriously took the weekend off — and even skipped the African American Day Parade in Harlem — as resurrected rumors swirled about him dropping his long-shot re-election bid.

Adams had no public events Saturday and Sunday — as mayor or mayoral hopeful — while his three opponents hopscotched the Big Apple with six weeks to go before November’s election.

The flailing, fourth-place-polling incumbent resurfaced Monday for blitz of morning show appearances, where he tried to downplay his conspicuous absence and angrily dodged questions about him potentially dropping his re-election bid.

“Well, you know, unlike the other candidates in the race, I have a day job,” said Adams, who is running as an independent after skipping a June Democratic Party primary. 

A sitting New York City mayor’s day job, however, usually consists of showing face at events such as Sunday’s African American Day Parade.

Adams, the city’s second black mayor, had attended the parade each of his previous years in office, starting in 2022. 

“Mayor Adams squanders the pulpit power of incumbency with only three months to go in his first term,” said Ken Frydman, a Democratic political operative. “Does the sitting, African American mayor, only the city’s second, have somewhere better to be than the African American Day parade? Looks like he’s thrown in the towel.”

One Harlem Dem who requested anonymity said, “Eric was missed.”

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NYC heading closer and closer to the precipice. https://t.co/7bLsus36ke

— MejidX 🪙 (@MejidX) September 22, 2025

They are right at the edge.

MIA the singer or literally in Miami? You never know with Eric Adams.

— mcbc 🇺🇸🗽 (@mcbc) September 22, 2025

But… Where’s the “swag” he promised to bring to NYC at the beginning of his term?

— IIIΞ FUGARU (@Newyorkez) September 22, 2025

Unfortunately, the alternative to him is way worse. 

Long overdue

Hopefully we still might have a chance to avoid the disaster of uncontrolled Marxism

— PugofDoom (@ComixGalore) September 22, 2025

He might be the only thing keeping NYC from uncontrolled Marxism. 

All the corruption has buried Eric Adams. Turning the city a free-for-all all for migrants while native New Yorkers ignored

— EarnestTony (@TonyDonkya) September 22, 2025

Mamdani will invite even more migrants in and probably give them free houses. 

New York will go down the drain as London soon.

— AUREX (@AurexVanguard) September 22, 2025

It’s sad to see.

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