Mayor Adams said Thursday he is unsure whether he’ll attend Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration on New Year’s Day, saying he’s hesitant to do so because the mayor-elect’s “nasty” supporters might use the opportunity to make a scene.

To skip out on the swearing in would be a break in tradition, with outgoing mayors typically attending the formal ceremony ushering in a new administration.

Adams told NY1 in an intereview Thursday that he possibly would skip it because Mamdani’s supporters might be too raucous, slamming them as “mean,” “nasty” and “disrespectful.”

“I’m still deciding,” he said. “I want to communicate with the incoming mayor because I don’t want to be disruptive of the ceremony. It’s his day. Some people are perpetual protesters, some people will turn this ceremony into some

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