Adams piles up endorsements in bid to be borough president
Eric Adams’s bid to become the next Brooklyn borough president is getting a major boost from a slew of endorsements the Democratic state senator has received since he announced that he’s running.
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, council members Brad Lander (D-Park Slope) and Letitia James (D-Clinton Hill-Fort Greene), Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stinger, Comptroller John Liu, and former comptroller Bill Thompson are all endorsing Adams, the clear front-runner in the race. The election takes place in November.
But while Adams is the front runner in the race to succeed term-limited Marty Markowitz at Borough Hall, he isn’t the only candidate interested in the job. Bay Ridge lawyer John Gangemi, who served as a city councilman-at-large back in the 1970s, has announced that he intends to run in the Democratic Primary. The New York Daily News reported that Gangemi, who has no Facebook page or twitter account, plans to run a technology-free, grassroots campaign.
Adams announced his candidacy at a rally on the steps of Borough Hall on March 3.