New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been freshening up his resume and readying his post-City Hall moves.
Weeks after dropping his re-election bid due to sagging poll numbers that continually saw his campaign at the back of the pack, Adams this week dropped hints of what’s to come once he wraps his one and only term.
“I hope you guys didn’t think I was just gonna disappear,” he joked at City Hall on Thursday.
The mayor said he wants to get his doctorate degree and write a book next. Adams said he’s even been offered a documentary.
“You all know I want to do my book. I want to spend time focusing on my book and getting it done. And I have several attractive offers to do that, as well as a documentary. This has been a great experience, and I think that we should share what we have accomplished,” Adams said.
There’s been much speculation about what could be next for Adams once he leaves Gracie Mansion. Even this summer when he re-launched his campaign after circumventing the Democratic primary, the mayor was reportedly been courted for jobs by various parties in an attempt to help clear the mayoral field to give former Gov. Andrew Cuomo the best shot and defeating Democratic nominee for mayor Zohran Mamdani.
In the weeks before his exit, Adams had been approached by Trump administration intermediaries to see if he would end his campaign in exchange for a job in the federal government.
“Many people want me to do things in other countries. Many of you know my love of travel. I’m looking forward to improving cities across the globe. And I’m looking forward to staying focused on this city as well to make sure that we do not abandon what we have accomplished here,” he shared Thursday.
The mayor recently returned from a trip to Albania. The purpose of the trip, he said, was to foster business relationships for the city, not to explore future job opportunities.
Adams’ City Hall comments come one day after his appearance on The Reset Talk Show, when the mayor disclosed people had been trying to recruit him for months.
“I have three offers that I’m looking at, and they are my dream jobs,” Adams said.
“For the last six, seven months I was being recruited and these are the jobs that I’m looking at, that I wanted to do outside of being mayor.”