Five New York City Democrats are competing to become the left-leaning candidate of choice in the June mayoral primary.

You would think the mayor of New York City would stand up to President Trump's hatred of immigrants. You would be wrong.

Being “tough on crime” has worked for conservative politicians for decades, and it worked for Adams too. But quickly, Adams’ actual conservative policies and resolute unseriousness about governance knocked him out of the public’s good graces.

The mayor watched the inauguration ceremony from the screens of the Capitol’s Emancipation Hall, which served as the designated overflow room.

The roughly 50-minute interview with Carlson, a former Fox News host and well-known ally of President Donald Trump, aired on the first full day of the second Trump administration. The previous day, the mayor canceled his appearances at Martin Luther King Jr. Day events in New York City to accept a last-minute invitation to Trump’s inauguration.

In a talk with Tucker Carlson, whom he once criticized, Adams claimed the Democratic party left him because of his immigration views.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams’s (D) relationship with President Trump is alarming Democrats, who question the embattled mayor’s motives amid his ongoing legal challenges. Adams sat down with

The trip comes as Adams stares down federal corruption charges and just days before the president-elect’s inauguration.

Of course Mayor Eric Adams was right to meet with President-elect Donald Trump on Friday: New York City needs every friend it can get in Washington, and Queens’ most famous native son can be a very good friend indeed. That Adams’ trip to Florida upset his lefty critics is just icing on the cake.

The week that President Donald Trump took office for the second time, Mayor Eric Adams seemed determined to find new ways to act like he’s not a Democratic politician running for mayor of New York City. “People often say, ‘Well, you know ...

"People often say well, you know, you don't sound like a Democrat, and you know, you seem to have left the party. No, the party left me, and it left working-class people."

Trump has the power to pardon the New York City mayor, whom federal prosecutors indicted in September on bribery charges.