Republican past fuels attacks on Adams as he surges in New York mayor’s race
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NEW YORK
Candidates in New York City s Democratic mayoral primary have been piling on frontrunner and local politics neophyte Andrew Yang, often to the exclusion of other contenders. That’s about to change.
The contenders have begun to assail Brooklyn Borough President
Eric Adams as he gains momentum, with some focusing on his past affiliation with the Republican Party.
Several candidates are testing how to effectively hit Adams for his years as a registered Republican, from 1995 through 2002,
as they prepare
for a televised debate on Thursday night, people involved in the prep sessions told POLITICO. They spoke on the condition of anonymity, so as not to telegraph their exact plans to opponents.