New York City Mayor Eric Adams has announced that he has quit the Democratic Party and will not participate in the Democrat primary for the mayoral election.
Mayor Adams confirmed he will run his re-election campaign as an independent after dumping the Democrats.
Adams told Politico on Monday that he wants to “mount a real independent campaign.”
The mayor said that the federal bribery charges, which have been dismissed, “handcuffed him.”
The NYC mayor said he’d be “uninhibited” while campaigning.
“I’m in the race to the end,” Adams said.
“I’m not running on the Democratic line.
“It’s just not realistic to turn around my numbers and to run a good campaign (from) where we are right now.
“It hurts like hell.”
Adams faces an uphill battle in his re-election campaign.
Disgraced former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on March 1 that he’d be running against Adams for NYC mayor.
On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Dale E. Ho dismissed federal charges against Adams.
The charges, led by former President Joe Biden’s Justice Department, alleged that Adams used his position to receive luxury travel and illegal campaign contributions from Turkish foreign nationals.
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