Mayor Eric Adams has abruptly ended his bid for re-election, bowing to mounting pressure to clear the field in a high-stakes effort to prevent socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani from winning City Hall, the New York Post reported Sunday afternoon.
The decision follows weeks of speculation about Adams’ political future. Polls placed him a distant fourth behind frontrunner Mamdani, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa.
In a video statement obtained by The New York Post, Adams reflected on his tenure:
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