New York City Mayor Eric Adams and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo are calling on each other to drop out of the mayoral race to stop Democrat nominee Zohran Mamdani.

In an interview Monday, Adams said Cuomo should step aside after losing to Mamdani in a Democrat primary. Both are running on independent party platforms.

“I think he really should do an analysis and say, Give Eric an opportunity to run against [Zohran],” Adams said on CNBC’s Squawk Box. “I’m the sitting mayor of the city of New York, and you expect for me to step aside when you just lost to Zohran by 12 points? They heard your message. You lost … that’s the highest level of arrogance.”

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