New York City Mayor Eric Adams has officially announced his plans to run for re-election. He will not participate in the Democratic Primary. And will be running—not as a Democrat, but as an Independent.
The announcement came via a video posted Thursday on X, just one day after federal corruption charges brought by the Biden-era Department of Justice were formally dropped. The Trump administration had previously declined to pursue the case, The New York Times reported.
“More than 25,000 New Yorkers signed my Democratic primary petition, but the dismissal of the bogus case against me dragged on too long, making it impossible to mount a primary campaign while these false accusations were held over me,” Adams said in the video.
“But I’m not a quitter. I’m a New Yorker,” he added.
Adams: “I’m Still a Democrat, But Running as an Independent”
Despite distancing himself from the Democratic primary, Adams maintains he hasn’t left the party.
“And that is why today, although I am still a Democrat, I am announcing that I will forgo the Democratic primary for mayor and appeal directly to all New Yorkers as an independent candidate in the general election,” he declared.
