With fewer than 100 days before voting begins in the New York City primary, NY1 is sitting down with candidates running for mayor.

On Thursday, Queens state Sen. Jessica Ramos joined "Mornings On 1" to make her case to voters as one of only two women in the race, emphasizing her working-class roots.

"I'm a kid from Queens, a mother of two, and I happen to be one of the candidates who has actually worked at City Hall, who has experience in fighting for the affordability of our city," she said. "I'm the senator that raised the minimum wage, tied it to inflation. I'm the senator that has expanded child care eligibility, with my eyes on the prize of universal child care, which I would plan to do outright as mayor."

She said many New Yorkers feel exhausted by rising costs and limited opportunities.

"I think right now, New Yorkers feel burned out," Ramos said. "They feel that no matter if they do everything right, everything that they've been told, it still doesn't amount to much."

Ramos also addressed her opponents in the race, sharply criticizing former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has been polling at the top of the crowded Democratic field.

"I think people can't forget all of the sins that Andrew Cuomo has committed. It's not just about the women he touched without consent," she said. "It is not even only about all the seniors that we lost in nursing homes, people that died in group homes during the pandemic, his closing of our mental health institutions, his defunding of Medicaid during the pandemic."

When asked why Cuomo remains a frontrunner, Ramos pointed to his high name recognition.

"That's what it comes down to," she said. "And I think that right now, New Yorkers want somebody to stand up against Trump and think that he is-because I've heard it-that he is a good manager, [but] he's actually mismanaged all sorts of different crises we've been in."

Meanwhile, Ramos also reacted to Mayor Eric Adams announcing he will be foregoing the Democratic primary on June 24 to run as an independent in the November general election, saying she was “not surprised” by the decision.

“I think it's just the newest way that Eric Adams is pandering to Donald Trump, trying to sabotage a Democratic victory come November,” she said. “I think that he is just putting himself above the needs of the city, like he's always done. And depending on how he performs at his job over the next few months, voters really are going to send a rejection, I think, for his reelection and usher in a new era of leadership for our city.”

Affordability is a central issue in her campaign, but she acknowledged recent tariffs announced by the Trump administration could complicate economic recovery.

"It's very difficult to figure out how we can save our economy during a time where there's a recession being designed so that the richest in our country are able to buy up assets and only increase their wealth," she said.

She vowed that, if elected mayor, she would prioritize stabilizing the economy through workforce development and supporting a "union climate."