It's the Brian Lair show on WNYC.

I'm Bridget Bergen, senior reporter in the WNYC and Gothamist Newsroom filling in for Brian today.

Now we turn to the New York City mayor's rages, which has truly

heated up this week. After Wednesday's decision dropping all federal corruption charges against

Eric Adams, the mayor made a major announcement about his reelection campaign, but it came with a

twist. Adam says he's going to bypass the June Democratic primary and run as an

independent in November. Does this increase chances of keeping a seat at City Hall despite that

20% approval rating? We'll get to that. Yesterday, candidates running in the Democratic primary

submitted their petitions to get on the ballot this June passing one of the major hurdles in this race.

Also yesterday, nine candidates sat down to take questions from Reverend Al Sharpton and other prominent panelists at a mayoral forum hosted by the National Action Network.

It was the first time both Mayor Eric Adams and former governor

Andrew Cuomo attended a forum this campaign season. So we'll look at that duel between these two

executives as well is the progressives looking to come in from behind. And speaking of those progressives,

Adams isn't the only one considering a run outside one of the two major parties in November over the weekend.

The Working Families Party announced their endorsements in the mayoral primary.

City Council Speaker Adrian Adams, Comptroller Brad Lander, Assembly member Zoron Mamdani, and State Senator Zellner-Mireyri all got the nod.

But could one of them run as the candidate in November if none of them rise to the top in June?

My guest to talk through all of this and more is Veterans City Hall Press Corps reporter Sally Goldenberg.

She is Politico New York's senior New York editor.

She scored an exclusive sit-down with Mayor Adams on Wednesday, breaking the news about his plan to run as an independent for mayor.

Sally, I told you yesterday, I am so thrilled you are here. You are the person I wanted to be talking

about this incredibly wild race with, so I feel like we're going to need our own show.

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