<p>New York City Mayor Eric Adams took a shot at his self-described democratic socialist opponent on Thursday as Adams launched a fierce reelection bid as an independent.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m so proud to be here, to say to the people of the City of New York, I am seeking reelection to be your mayor of the City of New York!&#8221; Adams told a cheering crowd from the steps of City Hall on Thursday.</p>
<p>Adams was elected as a Democrat in 2021, but he is running as an independent in the wake of low approval ratings and federal corruption and bribery charges that were dropped in February.</p>
<p>Zohran Mamdani, 33, is the member of the Democratic Socialists of America who stunned Democrats this week when he declared victory in the party&#8217;s mayoral primary for New York City on Tuesday. He is a New York state assemblyman representing Queens.</p>
<p>Former Governor Andrew Cuomo had been expected to walk away handily with the Democratic nomination, but now he, too, is considering running as an independent.</p>
<p>&#8220;This is a city not of socialism,&#8221; Adams said Thursday.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been to socialist countries. This is a city where you can come as a dishwasher, and you can own a chain of restaurants. This is a city where you can be a cab driver and then become a doctor. This is a city where you can go from homelessness to building houses. This is a city where you can be a young person who is dyslexic, a young person who was rejected, and eventually to be elected the mayor of the City of New York,&#8221; the mayor told the crowd.</p>
<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s no dignity in someone giving you everything for free. There&#8217;s dignity in giving you a job, so you can provide for your family and the opportunities that you deserve. This is not a city of handouts. This is a city of hands up. We&#8217;re going to lift up the City of New York,&#8221; Adams said.</p>
<p>Mamdani has proposed expensive policies including rent freezes, government-run grocery stores, free buses, free city universities, free child care, increasing New York City’s minimum wage to $30 an hour, and investing $65 million in transgender drugs and surgeries.</p>
<p>Adams has already directly attacked Mamdani.</p>
<p>&#8220;He’s a snake-oil salesman,&#8221; Adams said of Mamdani on Fox News on Wednesday. &#8220;He would say and do anything to get elected.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not interested in Twitter politics. I&#8217;m interested in getting the trash picked up. I&#8217;m not interested in slogans. I&#8217;m interested in the solutions. I don&#8217;t work with special interests. I work for the people,&#8221; Adams said. &#8220;I wasn&#8217;t born into power and privilege. I was born into struggle. Always knew what struggle was, and if you&#8217;re going to be a mayor of people who are going through a lot, you must be a human being who has gone through a lot.&#8221;</p>
<p>Protesters across the park attempted to disrupt Adams&#8217; announcement rally, shouting and calling him a &#8220;criminal.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;You can call me all the names you want, but I&#8217;m going to answer to only one: Mayor Adams,&#8221; Adams said.</p>
<p>Adams currently controls New York City&#8217;s $115 billion budget and 330,000 city government workers.</p>
<p>Curtis Sliwa, founder of the Guardian Angels, the volunteer group dedicated to crime prevention on New York&#8217;s subways and streets, won the Republican nomination for mayor.</p>
<p>The general election for mayor will be held on November 4.</p>

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