Mayor Eric Adams may have surrendered his long-shot re-election bid , but in at least one way, he is leaving office as he entered: quotable and unbridled.

In one of his first public appearances since declaring he would end his mayoral campaign, Adams on Wednesday delivered an indirect parting shot to Democratic nominee and front-runner Zohran Mamdani during a briefing at NYPD headquarters. The mayor and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said shootings and subway crime dipped to historic lows during the first nine months of the year.

“This city is in good shape, and we need to make sure we don't go backwards,” he said, without naming Mamdani. “And let me say in the words of Bloomberg when I became mayor, 'Don't f--- it up.'”

His remarks suggested a combative mood as he reckons with his f

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