Thread by @danielmarans

Everywhere you go in NYC right now, there’s a mayoral candidate rally.

Rep. Tom Suozzi, Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo, Councilman Peter Koo and others rally with Adams ahead of tonight’s debate.

He says he won’t hesitate to defend his record, later clarifying that that includes people claiming he supported stop and frisk (he considers it a legitimate tool that was being overused).

“They could say I don’t have a record of making a good meat patty — then, got it!” But saying he doesn’t have a good record on stop and frisk is untrue, he says. (Regarding the meat patty line, Adams became a vegan years ago and is a major evangelist for it.)

I asked Suozzi how he responds to Yang claims that Adams is too close to de Blasio. Suozzi said Adams is a “fantastic” elected official and also “independent.”