Mayor Eric Adams is ending his bid for reelection, he said in a video message Sunday.
Adams was running as an independent after forgoing the Democratic primary in June.
In a statement, a spokesperson from the mayor’s campaign confirmed that Adams will continue to serve the rest of his term.
The spokesperson added that the mayor “will not be doing one-on-one interviews” during this time frame.
His name will remain on the November ballot, as the deadline for it to be removed has passed.
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Adams had been running a distant fourth in recent polls, behind Democrat Zohran Mamdani, independent candidate Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa.
Mamdani said the news of Adams’ withdrawal from the race “the reflection of the billionaire-backed politics that we have here in New York City.”
“That once again, Eric Adams made a decision with them in mind, and not working people. And it’s time for us to have a politics that serves the people that he priced out over four years,” he said.
In a statement, Cuomo said he believed Adams “is sincere in putting the well-being of New York City ahead of personal ambition.”
“We face destructive extremist forces that would devastate