NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams is petitioning to run on an “EndAntiSemitism” ballot line — a choice that highlights one of his few remaining areas of unbridled political support, and attempts to undermine Andrew Cuomo.
The mayor is gathering signatures for two new ballot lines, “EndAntiSemitism” and “Safe&Affordable,” his campaign attorney Vito Pitta confirmed to POLITICO. Adams needs to secure 3,750 signatures from voters by May 27 for each general election ballot line.
“The mayor is clearly making a statement,” said Ezra Friedlander, a Hasidic Jewish political consultant in New York City. The election “is a referendum on the incumbent,” he added, “and on the issue of antisemitism, Eric Adams deserves our praise, full stop.”…