Mayoral hopeful Adrienne Adams is launching a multi-million dollar campaign ad portraying her as a drama-free professional who can “rise above” the fray of New York politics — her first big spend of the 2025 election cycle, which comes amid signs of growing momentum , but also as questions loom about whether she has enough time to break through.

The 30-second ad, entitled “Rise Above” and set to hit television and digital airwaves Thursday, less than three weeks ahead of the primary, features a piano-led gospel track, as Adams declares: “ In New York City, we know drama , but as City Council speaker, I rise above it.”

Pictured behind a church pulpit, she then touts how she as speaker reversed library and child care budget cuts enacted by Mayor Adams — who is not related to her —

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