Adams formally picks 'Safe and Affordable' line for mayoral ballot, dumps 'EndAntiSemitism' column

Mayor Adams has abandoned his effort to appear on two ballot lines — “EndAntiSemitism” and “Safe & Affordable”— in November’s mayoral election, opting to only run on the latter.

For months, the city’s Board of Elections told Adams he couldn’t as an independent candidate appear on more than one line on November’s ballot. Adams’ campaign contended the board was wrong and that he could appear on both columns, even saying the mayor was exploring legal action to try to force the panel to let him lock in the two lines.

However, in a previously undisclosed Aug. 22 letter to the board, Adams campaign attorney Vito Pitta wrote the mayor — who made combating antisemitism and support for Israel early focuses of his longshot reelection bid — is settling for the “Safe & Affordable” line in order to comply with the board’s determination.

“Please let this letter confirm that Mayor Adams has chosen to be identified as the nominee of the ‘Safe & Affordable’ independent body on the ‘Safe & Affordable’ ballot line and wishes to appear under a ‘Safe & Affordable’ column,” Pitta wrote in the missive, a copy of which was obtained by the Daily News.



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