With supporters waving campaign signs and chanting "Four more years," New York City Mayor Eric Adams formally launched his re-election bid on Thursday from the steps of City Hall, framing himself as a blue collar candidate with a record of achievement and his upstart chief rival, Zohran Mamdani, as an inexperienced opponent making "empty promises."

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has ripped into Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani ’s so-called “socialist” agenda, saying he “doesn’t have the authority” to tax the wealthiest New Yorkers.