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This zinger burns more than a vodka shot!

Eric Adams had a stinging, succinct message for New Year’s Eve host Andy Cohen after the Bravo celeb ripped into the former mayor in a boozed-up rant on live TV shortly after the ball dropped in Times Square.

“I have two letters for him: AA,” Adams told The Post  with a laugh on Thursday afternoon in reference to Alcoholics Anonymous.  


  Bravo host Andy Cohen delivered a blistering indictment of Adams’ mayoralty after the ball dropped. Getty Images Bravo host Andy Cohen delivered a blistering indictment of Adams’ mayoralty after the ball dropped. Getty Images

  Eric Adams didn’t hold back in his blistering reply to Cohen. REUTERS Eric Adams didn’t hold back in his blistering reply to Cohen. REUTERS

Cohen, who co-hosted the New Year’s festivities on CNN with journalist Anderson Cooper, went on a diatribe about the scandal-scarred mayor while clutching a shot glass just after midnight.

“I’d like to say, watching the final moments of Mayor Adams’ chaotic, horrible…,” Cohen started to stammer as Cooper said, “don’t” — seemingly warning him not to talk politics while tanked.

“I just want to say, I mean he’s got his pardons, he’s pardoned,” a Cohen plowed on. “Great, you got your pardons, go off in the sunset.”

“We’ll, we’ll fiddle with what we have, with what you left us with,” he said, as “The Office” star B.J. Novak tried to calm him down.

The Post’s latest on NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration day celebration:


  Adams ended his term as mayor by pushing the button to drop the ball in Times Square on New Year’s Eve. REUTERS Adams ended his term as mayor by pushing the button to drop the ball in Times Square on New Year’s Eve. REUTERS

  Adams leaving Gracie Mansion on his last day in office on Dec. 31, 2025. James Messerschmidt Adams leaving Gracie Mansion on his last day in office on Dec. 31, 2025. James Messerschmidt

The federal corruption case against Adams was dropped by President Trump’s Department of Justice rather than the White House issuing a pardon.

At one point during the rant, Novak suggested Cohen should be “cut off” and Cooper tried to pat his co-host’s back in a futile attempt to rein him in.

Adams, 65, was also in Times Square, where he helped push the button for the ball drop that ushered the Big Apple into 2026.


  Adams attending Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s public inauguration ceremony with former Mayor Bill de Blasio and Chirlane McCray on Jan. 1, 2026. AP Adams attending Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s public inauguration ceremony with former Mayor Bill de Blasio and Chirlane McCray on Jan. 1, 2026. AP

The one term mayor dropped his reelection bid after he faced a wave of setbacks tied to an historic corruption indictment brought by the Biden administration in 2024.

But he never stood trial thanks to federal prosecutors under Trump successfully moving to dismiss the case.

Adams has long denied any wrongdoing.

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