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Nyc Mayor Eric Adams Ends Long Shot Reelection Bid

Bonisiwe Shabane
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams has ended his long-shot bid for a second term leading the nation's largest city. Adams’ decision to drop out of the race as a one-term mayor, announced Sept. 28, narrows the field and likely improves the chances of fellow independent candidate and former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. State representative and democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani upset Cuomo in June's Democratic primary in the overwhelmingly blue city. Adams announced his departure from the race in a video address posted to X.

"It has been my honor to be your mayor," he said. A 65-year-old Democratic mayor elected in 2021, Adams had been pressured to drop out of the race for months, with his administration plagued by scandal, resignations and corruption allegations. That pressure came most recently from Washington, where President Donald Trump has pushed for a one-on-one race against Mamdani, 33, who represents Queens in the New York state legislature. Without Adams, Cuomo likely gets a more favorable rematch against Mamdani in the November general election. Notably, Trump has not backed fellow Republican Curtis Sliwa, the founder of the Guardian Angels anti-crime patrol group. New York City Mayor Eric Adams is ending his reelection bid, a move long sought by rivals of Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani who have wanted to consolidate the opposition against him.

Adams announced his decision Sunday in a video posted to X, saying “despite all we’ve achieved, I cannot continue my reelection campaign, the constant media speculation about my future and the campaign finance board’s... “This campaign was for the underserved, the marginalized, the abandoned and betrayed by government,” Adams said. “Since then, it has been my honor to be your mayor, and I’m proud to say that we took that victory four years ago and turned it into action, making this city better for... Adams’ decision to leave the race adds another twist to a mayoral primary unlike any other in recent memory. Mamdani, a democratic socialist, notched a stunning win in June’s Democratic primary over former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is now mounting an independent campaign.

Cuomo allies have long pushed Adams to withdraw to give Cuomo a better chance against Mamdani in November. President Donald Trump, a native New Yorker, has also suggested the field should be narrowed, and one of his top aides, Steve Witkoff, met with Adams to discuss potential jobs in the Trump administration. Find this story in your account’s ‘Saved for Later’ section. Eric Adams’s long-shot reelection campaign is over. The mayor of New York City announced on Sunday that he’s dropping out after months of speculation over whether he could be convinced to leave the race following a scandalous first term that left... Here’s our account of how his exit went down, including reactions, commentary, and analysis.

Although Adams’s reelection dreams have come to an end, the mayor’s legal fights go on. The Daily News reports Adams will continue to challenge the Campaign Finance Board’s decision to withhold millions of dollars of funds from his campaign, with his attorney writing in a filing that “campaign expenditures... This time from The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board: New York Mayor Eric Adams finally abandoned his campaign for re-election on Sunday, and the shame is he didn’t do it sooner. He’d have given the city a better chance of defeating socialist Zohran Mamdani. New York Mayor Eric Adams dropped his reelection bid Sunday, adding a potentially dramatic dimension to the race to lead the nation’s biggest city.

Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old State Assembly member who convincingly won the Democratic primary in June, remains the front-runner. But Adams’s departure opens the door for former New York governor Andrew M. Cuomo to consolidate opposition to Mamdani, a democratic socialist who has drawn the wrath of President Donald Trump, as well as some establishment Democrats who are wary of his leftward stances on Israel and...

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