NEW YORK—With the recent entrance of New York City Comptroller Brad Lander into the mayoral Democratic Party primary, incumbent Mayor Eric Adams faces three progressive challengers.
Some political observers believe the climate is favorable to challengers from within the party.
Adams has often feuded with the progressive majority on the New York City Council. Others believe Adams’s tough stances on crime and the migrant crisis will earn him sufficient support to win reelection.
Besides Lander, the current primary candidates include his predecessor, former comptroller Scott Stringer, and New York State Sen. Zellnor Myrie.
All three declared challengers hold views that set them apart from Adams on issues like public safety, police and criminal justice reform, and a migrant influx that has brought hundreds of thousands of people to the city in the space of a couple of years, placing strains on emergency housing and other social services….