New York City Mayor Eric Adams dined with former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo who was removed from office last year after sexual misconduct claims surfaced.
According to a spokesperson for Adams, “Mayor Adams meets with a lot of former government officials to talk about governance, which is particularly important in these unprecedented times. There was nothing political about the conversation, and the mayor stands by his earlier comments that the former governor should have stepped down, as he did.”
Despite the former governor retiring from his job in July amid allegations of sexual harassment and controversies concerning his handling of the COVID-19 outbreak, Adams was spotted with Cuomo in Midtown. The dinner took place just two days before Adams’ meeting with President Joe Biden, whom Adams hailed in an earlier press conference.
“We just really like each other. … You know, we just got to hang out together, you know. That’s my dude,” said Adams of Biden.
Adams also gave himself the nickname “Biden of Brooklyn” and boasted about being the president’s favorite mayor, a status that remains unconfirmed.