Mayor Eric Adams of New York City announced on Sunday that he will drop his offer for re -election, so that the path for Democrat Zohran Mamdani and former governor Andrew Cuomo, who is effectively released as an independent run, who runs like an independent, to contend with the city's top office.
In a video that was shared on social media, Adam's performance emphasized during his term of office, including a reduction in violent crime, but mentioned “constant media speculation” and a decision by the Campaign Finance Board of the city to keep public financing as important reasons to end his campaign. “Despite everything we have achieved, I cannot continue my re -election campaign,” said Adams.
Adams' warning against Mamdani's agenda
Adams bowed out of the mayor race on Sunday and took a wipe to the Democratic Frontunner Zohran Mamdani and fed speculation about the role of former Governor Andrew Cuomo in the coming match.
In his statement, Adams offered a veiled criticism of Mamdani, who campaigned on promises to regulate rental prices, to introduce free bus trips and to expand access to daycare to tackle the rising costs of living of the city. “Big change is welcome and necessary, but be careful for those who claim that the answer is to destroy the system that we have built together for generations. That is not change, that is chaos,” Adams said.
Public opinion polls showed that Adams ran far behind Mamdani, who has an important lead, and Cuomo. Adams also struggled to collect campaign funds and was confronted with challenges as a result of a federal bribery case that has since been challenged.
The exit of Adams will probably leave the elections of 4 November a confrontation between Mamdani and Cuomo.
At the age of 33, Mamdani could be the youngest and most progressive mayor of New York City in decades. He provided a decisive victory over Cuomo in the Democratic Primary, which ran on a platform, aimed at reducing the costs of living in one of the most expensive cities in the world.
Republican Curtis Sliwa stays in the race, but his campaign has had to deal with setbacks within his own party, where Trump recently describes him as 'not exactly prime time'.
Trump says that Cuomo benefits from it
President Donald Trump welcomed Eric Adams's decision to end his re -election bid, and predicted that the move will strengthen the opportunities of Andrew Cuomo in the upcoming mayor competition. In comments after the announcement of Adams, Trump said that he believed that many of the voices would have gone to Adams would now shift to Cuomo, the former Governor of New York who runs as independent.
Polls show a stricter race after the exit of Adams; Sliwa promises to stay inside
New poll suggests that the mayor race in New York City could become considerably tighter after the decision of Mayor Eric Adams to withdraw.
A poll by Quinnipiac indicated that the exit of Adams the gap between the democratic nominated Zohran Mamdani and former Governor Andrew Cuomo could limit that drives as independent. A separate Times/Siena survey showed that Mamdani's lead could continue to shrink if both Adams and Republican Curtis Sliwa would leave the game.
However, Sliwa has rejected every suggestion to step aside.
Mamdani shoots Cuomo as the exit of Adams
The struggle to follow the mayor Eric Adams in New York City escalated as a democratic nominated Zohran Mamdani and former Governor Andrew Cuomo traded sharp statements after the withdrawal of Adams from the race.
Mamdani, who campaigned about reducing the costs of living, accused Cuomo of representing the old guard of New York politics. “New York earns better than acting in one chatter, corrupt politician for another. On November 4 we will turn the page about the politics of big money and small ideas and deliver a government that every New Yorker can be proud of,” he said.
Cuomo, who ran as an independent, reacted with praise for Adams' decision to step aside, and called it an act to 'place the well -being of New York City for personal ambition'. Without mentioning Mamdani, he repeated the caution of Adams about 'extremist forces', warning: “We are confronted with destructive extremist forces that would destroy our city by incompetence or ignorance, but it is not too late to stop them.”
