{"id":458640,"date":"2025-09-28T19:55:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T19:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/458640\/"},"modified":"2025-09-28T19:55:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T19:55:11","slug":"eric-adams-drops-out-of-new-york-city-mayoral-race-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/458640\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Adams drops out of New York City mayoral race | New York"},"content":{"rendered":"

The mayor of New York City<\/a>, Eric Adams<\/a>, announced on Sunday that he is abandoning his faltering bid to win re-election, just over a month before election day, delivering the message in a social media video<\/a> set to the strains of My Way.<\/p>\n

Adams, who was trailing in the polls, was elected as a Democrat<\/a> but ran for re-election as an independent after he was indicted on federal corruption charges, which were then dropped<\/a> by the Trump administration<\/a> in exchange for his cooperation on immigration raids.<\/p>\n

In his video statement, seated on the steps of the mayor\u2019s residence beside a photograph of his late mother, Adams said that it had been impossible for him to mount a winning campaign, blaming \u201cconstant media speculation about my future\u201d and a decision by the city\u2019s campaign finance board\u2019s decision to withhold millions of dollars in matching funds over suspicious donations.<\/p>\n

Eric Adams speaks about dropping his re-election bid in a social media video released on Sunday. Photograph: Eric Adams\/X\/Reuters<\/p>\n

He also acknowledged that he had lost the trust of some New Yorkers after being charged with corruption but claimed the charges were unjust. \u201cI was wrongfully charged because I fought for this city, and if I had to do it again, I would fight for New York again\u201d Adams said, without explaining how allegedly obtaining<\/a> illegal campaign contributions and luxury travel from foreign nationals for himself was in the best interest of New Yorkers.<\/p>\n

The mayor will serve the remainder of his term in office, and his name remains on the ballot for the November election since the deadline to remove it has passed.<\/p>\n

The withdrawal of Adams narrows the race to lead the country\u2019s largest city to a three-way contest between the Democratic nominee, Zohran Mamdani<\/a>; the former governor, Andrew Cuomo<\/a>; and the Republican candidate, Curtis Sliwa.<\/p>\n

Three weeks ago, when Adams had insisted that he would stay in the race<\/a>, amid reports that he had been offered an ambassadorship by the Trump administration if he would drop out to make it easier for Cuomo to defeat the democratic socialist frontrunner, Mamdani, the mayor was scathing about the former governor. \u201cAndrew Cuomo is a snake and a liar,\u201d Adams told reporters. \u201cAndrew has had a career of pushing Black candidates out of races.\u201d<\/p>\n

After Adams announced the end of his campaign on Sunday, Cuomo nonetheless praised him for \u201cputting the well-being of New York<\/a> City ahead of personal ambition\u201d.<\/p>\n

Without mentioning Mamdani by name, Cuomo added: \u201cWe face destructive extremist forces that would devastate our city through incompetence or ignorance, but it is not too late to stop them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mamdani, a New York state assembly member who defeated Cuomo to win the Democratic nomination earlier this year, did not immediately comment on the mayor\u2019s withdrawal.<\/p>\n

Earlier on Sunday, he posted video<\/a> on Instagram of an influential Black pastor welcoming him to address the congregation of a Black Christian megachurch in East New York. The pastor, A R Bernard, pointed out to congregants that, if elected, Mamdani would not be the first democratic socialist mayor on the city, since the late David Dinkins, the city\u2019s first Black mayor, was also a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.<\/p>\n