Eric Adams to Run as an Independent, Skipping Democratic Primary

[RandySF]

Mayor Eric Adams of New York City said on Thursday that he would not run for re-election in the Democratic primary in June, an acknowledgment of the growing backlash against his embrace of President Trump and his record-low approval ratings.

Mr. Adams said he would instead run as an independent in the general election in November — an uphill battle in a city where Democrats outnumber Republicans by six to one.

His announcement comes a day after the five-count federal corruption indictment that he faced was dismissed by a judge, following the Trump Justice Department’s decision to abandon the prosecution.

Mr. Adams released a six-minute video saying that the case had made it difficult for him to run in the June 24 primary. He said that he was still a Democrat but that he would “appeal directly to all New Yorkers” as an independent in the general election.





https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/nyregion/eric-adams-independent-mayor.html

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Mayor Curtis Sliwa

Founder of the Guardian Angels and Radio Talkshow Host who bloviates during the midnight hours.

By Adams choosing the run as an Independent, it could split the non-Republican voters (Democrats) and Sliwa has a remote chance of winning the General Election.

Adams truly doesn't care about the City by this choice.

And BTW, he knows that he might assist Sliwa get elected. He'd rather have Sliwa in Gracie Mansion (who regularly denigrated and insulted Adams on his show) than Andrew Cuomo.

[Midnight Writer]

2. Good news for Republicans. Adams is being set up as a spoiler candidate to split the Democrats' vote.