The next mayoral election for the city of New York doesn’t happen until November of 2025, but 77WABC host Greg Kelly is already preparing for a potential run.
“If I become mayor, and I am seriously thinking about it, I will need your help,” Kelly told listeners Friday. I will need your help, I will need God’s help, I’m already reaching out to people across the country. I’m already up to 60, 70 names of people I know, trust, and some are total strangers. Some I might disagree with politically but are very talented. I’m wondering if I could recruit this person to come work for New York City. The capital of the world. At least, it was. Meanwhile (Mayor Adams) wants to go out there and fix all the problems himself.”
Another 77WABC host ran for mayor of The Big Apple in 2021, as Curtis Sliwa lost his race to now-mayor Eric Adams. Sliwa won the Staten Island borough with nearly 70% of the vote, however he only garnered 28% of the overall vote total.
While discussing a potential mayoral run with former New York mayor and current 77WABC host Rudy Giuliani, Kelly said he would run as an independent candidate.
“I think you can do it,” Giuliani said. “I also think if you want to run as an independent, I’d run as an independent and try to get the Republican leaders to endorse you.”
