Eric Adams says Andrew Cuomo pushed 3 Black candidates out of races. What do they say?

On Friday, New York City Mayor Eric Adams named three Black politicians as he railed against Andrew Cuomo’s efforts to get him to drop his reelection campaign. “Andrew has had a career of pushing Black candidates out of races. You’ve heard me say it over again: Carl McCall, Charlie King, David Paterson. This is his career. That must stop with me,” the mayor said.

Paterson has heard the mayor make that observation before. “When Eric Adams says this, I never contradict him,” former Gov. Paterson told City & State on Sunday. “Adams is closer to the truth than the people he's accusing.” It’s true that former state Comptroller McCall, Cuomo’s longtime ally King and Paterson all have political histories with Cuomo. All three men Adams named also endorsed Cuomo for mayor during the primary, as Cuomo noted at an unrelated press conference on Tuesday. “Carl McCall supported me. Charlie King supported me. David Paterson supported me in the primary. So obviously they didn’t feel that way.” Here’s a recap of the political arcs of those men, and how they intersected with the former governor and mayoral wannabe.



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