Pride Month Pick: the Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club is ranking Adrienne Adams first

Originally posted at: https://www.politico.com/newsletters/new-york-playbook/2025/06/12/debate-day-part-ii-00402387

By Jeff Coltin and Joe Anuta

PRIDE MONTH PICK: First in Playbook, the Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club, a left-leaning LGBTQ club, is ranking Adrienne Adams first on its mayoral endorsement slate, followed by Mamdani, city Comptroller Brad Lander, state Sen. Zellnor Myrie and former Assemblymember Michael Blake.

”We missed the chance to elect Bella Abzug in the 1970s,” said Allen Roskoff, the club’s president, referring to the late Congressmember who ran for mayor against Mario Cuomo in 1977. “It’s time” for a woman mayor, he added.

The club announced its unranked slate in April, but now replaced Jessica Ramos with Myrie and Blake after she endorsed Cuomo.