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Uniformed Forces Coalition Endorses Adams as Racketeering Lawsuits Mount

The endorsement underscores Adams’s public safety credentials as his administration faces racketeering suits from former NYPD leaders

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Mayor Eric Adams celebrates at a rally announcing endorsements from several law enforcement unions Thursday, July 17, 2025 in Manhattan, New York. (Barry Williams/ New York Daily News)
Several police unions rallied outside City Hall Thursday as they announced their support for Mayor Eric Adams.
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Overview

  • The NYC Uniformed Forces Coalition 2025—comprising police lieutenants, detectives, corrections and sanitation unions—formally backed Mayor Eric Adams’s independent reelection bid on July 17.
  • The city’s largest rank-and-file union, the Police Benevolent Association, has not joined the coalition endorsement, highlighting fractures among NYPD labor groups.
  • Adams’s campaign reported raising $1.5 million in donations between June 10 and July 11, outpacing his Democratic rivals in early summer fundraising.
  • Former interim Police Commissioner Thomas G. Donlon and four other ex-NYPD officials filed separate lawsuits accusing Adams and senior department figures of operating the NYPD as a racketeering enterprise.
  • Democratic contenders Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo are intensifying endorsement drives and voter outreach as Governor Kathy Hochul urges party unity and healing with the city’s Jewish community.