Adams, Cuomo file for tax return extensions, delaying public disclosures at least until fall

Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News on Apr 16, 2025

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NEW YORK — Both Mayor Eric Adams and ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo have filed for extensions on their 2024 tax returns, meaning the public likely won’t get to see either of their filings until this fall at the earliest.

Kayla Mamelak, Adams’ spokeswoman, confirmed Wednesday the mayor had submitted his request for an extension by Tuesday’s deadline. She also said he confirmed he has paid all taxes owed for last year.

However, Mamelak wouldn’t immediately confirm that Adams is committed to releasing his 2024 return for public inspection once it’s filed. With an extension, Adams has until Oct. 15 to file.

Earlier this week, a spokesman for Cuomo, who’s the front-runner candidate in this year’s race to replace Adams as mayor, confirmed the ex-gov has also filed for an extension on his 2024 return. On Wednesday, Cuomo’s campaign wouldn’t immediately say whether he’s committed to releasing his return publicly, though.

As mayor, Adams has in previous years also filed for extensions on his returns and then released them publicly. Once public, one of those returns contradicted information about Adams’ income that he had supplied in his mandatory financial disclosure with the city Conflicts of Interest Board that year.

This year, Adams hasn’t filed a financial disclosure with COIB by the deadline, the board has confirmed. Mamelak wouldn’t immediately say why he hasn’t filed that form.

Should they become public, Adams’ 2024 tax return and COIB form are the first disclosures about his personal finances since he was charged last fall in a federal corruption indictment that President Trump’s Justice Department secured a controversial dismissal of this month.

As governor, Cuomo also filed for extensions on his returns some years and then released them publicly.

This year, there has been heightened interest in Cuomo’s return because he raked in $500,000 in 2024 doing legal consulting for yet-to-be identified clients, Politico reported last month.

Some of the other 2025 mayoral candidates have already released their most recent tax returns, including Queens Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani and City Comptroller Brad Lander. Lander’s return shows he and his wife pulled in nearly $400,000 in income last year.

Council Speaker Adrienne Adams’ mayoral campaign has said she will release her return in coming days. Ex-Comptroller Scott Stringer’s campaign has made the same commitment, while mayoral hopefuls Whitney Tilson and Zellnor Myrie have filed for extensions.