Can Comptroller Brad Lander defeat NYC Mayor Adams? Analysts weigh in

NEW YORK (PIX11) -- New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is the latest official to announce his candidacy in the 2025 mayoral election against Eric Adams.

Lander has been critical of Adams, saying the mayor is not doing his job of making New York a safer, more affordable, and better-run city.

Jeff Coltin of Politico and Ben Max, executive director of the Center for New York City Law, sat down with PIX on Politics host Henry Rosoff to discuss the impacts of Lander running against Adams.

"Everyone expected the mayor's first attack out the gate to be about race as the second Black mayor in New York City history," said Coltin.

Coltin pointed to the presidential election and said Adams will draw on the fact that Ka...