NYC Mayor's Race:: Speaker Adams (D), Ramos (D) electrify National Action Network crowd with pledge to take on Trump
The two women running to unseat Eric Adams in the 2025 NYC mayor’s race stirred the crowd at the National Action Network‘s annual convention on Thursday, drawing thunderous applause for their pledges to take New York in a new direction and fight President Trump at every turn.
City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and state Sen. Jessica Ramos, both representing opposite sides of Queens, stood out among the group of roughly a dozen candidates who spoke at the convention’s candidates’ forum. The conference is convened each year at the Midtown Manhattan Sheraton hotel by Rev. Al Sharpton.
Both Speaker Adams and Ramos roused the audience in a way that none of their male counterparts seemed to, even though both are lagging far in the polls behind former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Queens Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani, and the current mayor.
Speaker Adams spoke forcefully about why she made a late entry into the mayor’s race after previously showing little interest in running for the position. She said it was ultimately the departure of four of the mayor’s top deputies last month that pushed her into the race, along with nudges from other elected officials.
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