Mayor Eric Adams’ independent bid to hold onto City Hall received a massive injection of cash after the embarrassing shellacking of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo by relatively unknown socialist lawmaker Zohran Mamdani.
Hizzoner’s re-election bid raked in an impressive $1.5 million from more than 1,600 donors between June 25 and July 11 — the roughly two weeks following Mamdani’s stunning Democratic primary victory, according to the latest campaign fundraising records.
By comparison, Adams raised a meager $8,000 in the earlier two weeks in the filing period, prior to Cuomo being trounced by Queens state Assemblyman Mamdani.
The campaign’s notable totals were propped up by New York City’s largest commercial landlord, SL Green, with 60 of the employees donating to Adams during a fundraiser hosted by the real estate group’s CEO, Marc Holliday.
Dozens of other donations came from other real estate groups and developers, including Cushman & Wakefield, CBRE, JLL and Silverstein Properties.
“Coming out of the Democratic primary, our campaign is thriving — and the fundraising proves it,” Adams campaign spokesperson Todd Shapiro said of the surge post-primary.
“There’s also a growing concern about what’s at stake if we take a wrong turn. Voters are looking at the alternative and saying, ‘We can’t afford to go backwards,’” he said. “That’s why support is pouring in — this campaign is energized, unified, and ready to win.”
Still, without public matching funds, Adams has just over $4.2 million of cash on hand.
He faces an uphill battle to reclaim his grasp on Gracie Mansion — with a series of polls having him in a distant third or fourth place, more than 20 points behind Democratic nominee and frontrunner Mamdani.
A bombshell lawsuit that dropped Wednesday, accusing Adams and his cop pals of a massive criminal conspiracy, came at the worst time for the mayor as he tries to rebrand himself following a scandal-plagued first term.
Adams, Cuomo and GOP nominee Curtis Sliwa will all jockey for a seemingly similar voter base in November, made up of moderate Dems and Republicans as well as the largest swath of the independent voter bloc.
The trio has repeatedly called for each other to drop out of the race, claiming only they can stave off a young far-left socialist from being handed the keys to New York City.
But the sitting mayor hopes he can boost his numbers and galvanize support over the summer, starting with a slate of law enforcement unions set to formally back his re-election bid on Thursday.
For his part, Cuomo did little fundraising following his stunning defeat, only raising $80,000 during the full period.
Sliwa has a gigantic gap to make up in the race with only $100,000 on hand after raising under $170,000 between June 10 and July 11.
Attorney Jim Walden, who has yet to register in the polls, raised a meager $59,000 and has just over $1.3 million in his war chest.
Mamdani’s roughly $850,000 haul in the days since his primary win has around $2.6 million in his campaign coffers as he heads into a bruising general election.