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Mayor Eric Adams announced his run as an independent in the General Election.<\/p>\n
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Mayor Eric Adams\u2019 uphill independent reelection bid raised $1.5 million over the past month, city Campaign Finance Board (CFB)<\/a> data revealed Wednesday \u2014 one day after the panel again denied his claims for millions of dollars in public matching funds.<\/p>\n Hizzoner \u2014 who is vying for reelection against socialist Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani<\/a> \u2014 raised his largest haul this election cycle, according to the latest round of campaign finance filings released by the CFB on July 16. The Democratic mayor, who is running as an independent<\/a>, is also facing off against former Gov. Andrew Cuomo<\/a>, who lost the primary to Mamdani by nearly 13 points and is now running in November on his own independent line; Republican Curtis Sliwa; and a third independent candidate, attorney Jim Walden.<\/p>\n \u201cMayor Adams, displaying the same energy he has applied to governing while delivering for working-class New Yorkers post-COVID, has raised the most during this short period in his history,\u201d Adams\u2019 Campaign Chair Frank Carone said in a statement. \u201cThe campaign has raised $1.54 million, which is evidence of the true \u2018poll\u2019 signaling NY wants the mayor back for a second term.\u201d<\/p>\n Adams raised the funds between June 11 and July 10 from roughly 1,600 donors, with an average contribution of $935. According to CFB records, a little over half of the total\u2014nearly $825,000\u2014came from New York City-based donors; the remaining $716,000 came from contributors outside of the five boroughs.<\/p>\n The mayor has nearly $4.3 million cash-on-hand, the filings show.\n<\/p>\n Adams has significantly picked up his fundraising pace after it slowed to a trickle earlier this year<\/a>, while his now-dismissed federal corruption case was still ongoing. He has been traveling to far-flung locations, including Florida<\/a> and Las Vegas,<\/a> to raise money from Trump-aligned influencers and those in the cryptocurrency community.<\/p>\n CFB filings show that Eric Lerner, president of the pro-Adams \u201cEmpower NYC super PAC,\u201d donated $500 to the mayor on July 5.\n<\/p>\n Adams also received tens of thousands of dollars from employees of the real estate giant SL Green, which owns the Midtown building where his campaign headquarters is reportedly located.<\/a><\/p>\n No public matching funds for Adams again<\/p>\n The CFB released the numbers a day after it once again denied Adams over $4 million in public matching funds<\/a>, a decision it first made last December<\/a> and has renewed every filing period since. At the time, the board determined \u201cthere was reason to believe\u201d that Adams engaged in conduct \u201cdetrimental\u201d to the city\u2019s generous matching funds program, due to accusations in his federal indictment that his 2021 campaign defrauded the system<\/a>.<\/p>\n In rendering its decision, the board also cited Adams\u2019 campaign\u2019s failure to provide the \u201cdocuments and information\u201d it had requested.\n<\/p>\n Adams sued the board in federal court<\/a> in May to try and force its hand, but the case was then tossed by a judge last week<\/a>. The judge concluded the board had two valid reasons to deny the funds: Adams\u2019 campaign\u2019s failure to provide responses to its requests for information and file conflicts of interest disclosures in a timely manner.<\/p>\n