New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced he will run as an independent in the next mayoral race.
Adams has been involved in a corruption case for the past few years. A federal judge dismissed the case against him with prejudice, meaning the DOJ cannot resurrect it using the same evidence.
Adams said the corruption case made it impossible for him to start a primary campaign.
That is why Adams will run as an independent:
But I’m not a quitter. I’m a New Yorker. And that is why today, although I am still a Democrat, I am announcing that I will forego the Democratic primary for mayor and appeal directly to all New Yorkers as an independent candidate in the general election.I firmly believe that this city is better served by truly independent leadership, not leaders pulled at by the extremists on the far left or the far right, but instead those rooted in the common middle, the place with the vast majority of New Yorkers are firmly planted.
Adams also stressed the charges against him were bogus:
I know that the accusations leveled against me may have shaken your confidence in me and that you may rightly have questions about my conduct. And let me be clear. Although the charges against me were false, I trusted people I should not have and I regret that.
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