New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced Thursday he plans to run for reelection as an independent candidate in a bid to bypass the Democratic primary, after pushback from his party over his embrace of President Donald Trump.
New York Mayor Eric Adams speaks during a press conference in New York City.
In a post on X, Adams wrote: “I have always put New York’s people before politics and party…I am running for mayor in the general election because our city needs independent leadership that understands working people.”
The post was followed by a video in which Adams said that although he was still a Democrat, he would “forgo the Democratic primary for mayor and appeal directly to all New Yorkers as an independent candidate in the general election.”
This is a developing story.