Schumer Declines to Endorse in NYC Mayor’s Race as AOC Backs Mamdani, Ex-Mayor Bloomberg Supports Cuomo

A total of nine Democrats are competing in the June 24 primary.

(L–R) Democratic New York City mayoral candidates Adrienne Adams, Brad Lander, Jessica Ramos, Zellnor Myrie, Andrew Cuomo, Whitney Tilson, Zohran Mamdani, Michael Blake, and Scott Stringer participate in a primary debate in New York City on June 4, 2025. Yuki Iwamura-Pool/Getty Images

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said he will not endorse a candidate in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary, declining to take sides in the wide-open race to unseat current Mayor Eric Adams. Adams is running as an independent candidate after dropping out of the Democratic primary and leaving the party in April.

“I’m not going to make an endorsement,” Schumer said on June 10 during a Capitol Hill press conference, offering no further comment on the field.