- New York City Mayor
Eric Adams is eyeing a 2024 presidential run, sources told the New York Post. - Unnamed sources told the Post that Adams "thinks New York is a national platform."
New York City Mayor Eric Adams may be considering a run for president in 2024, according to The New York Post.
"Eric has told me repeatedly that he thinks that he has a platform to run for national office, for president in 2024," an unnamed source close to the mayor told The Post.
"He thinks New York is a national platform. He thinks the national party has gotten too far to the left and he thinks he has a platform to win," the source added.
Adams' office did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment on Saturday. In a statement to Insider, public relations consultant Evan Thies said the claims are "one-hundred percent false."
"There's a difference between gossip and news—and the truth is that the mayor is completely focused on bringing New York City back by lowering crime, growing our economy and reversing inequality," Thies told Insider.
In a statement to the Post, Thies said Adams "has not had any conversations with anyone about running for president."
According to The Post, an elected Democrat official from Brooklyn said that Adams is "considering a White House run in 2024 if Biden doesn't seek re-election."
President Joe Biden has told aides that he is more likely to run for re-election in 2024 if Donald Trump announces his candidacy as well. Biden said earlier that he expects to run again in 2024 with Vice President Kamala Harris.
Adams, an NYPD veteran who ran on a center-left campaign, has only been in office since January 1. Recent polls have him sitting at 43% approval with 37% disapproval, according to Spectrum News NY1.
While Adams has portrayed himself as a "tough on crime" mayor, some 54% of respondents disapprove of his handling of crime, compared to a 49% approval in February.
He has repeatedly called for a higher police presence to combat subway violence, despite criticism that city residents need better resources, not more police. He also argued that a homeless person made a "conscious decision" to live on the street while defending his decision to clear homeless encampments in the city.
The controversial mayor was hit with accusations of nepotism in January after he appointed his brother to a high-paying NYPD role. In April, while touting his first 100 days in office, Adams compared himself to former President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression.
Former Mayors Bill de Blasio, Michael Bloomberg, and Rudy Giuliani also launched bids for the presidency to no avail.