New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks to members of the media outside the Grace Agard-Harewood Older Adult in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, U.S., Sept. 15, 2025.
Jeenah Moon | ReutersNew York City Mayor Eric Adams announced Sunday that he is suspending his bid for re-election.His announcement could give a boost to former Gov.
Andrew Cuomo — who is running as an independent — in the high-file race against the Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani.
President Donald Trump has suggested that Adams and Curtis Sliwa, the Republican nominee, should both drop out of the race to the way for a one-on-one match-up between Cuomo and Mamdani."I would say that Cuomo might have a chance of winning if it was a one-on-one," said Trump, who has called Mamdani a "communist."The Trump administration was reportedly considering a plan to nominate Adams as U.S.
ambassador to Saudi Arabia to get him to drop out, according to the New York Times.Adams' decision to suspend his campaign puts heightened pressure on Sliwa to do the same.Sliwa as recently as last week said that he was planning to stay in the race, despite facing increasing pressure from wealthy New Yorkers to suspend his bid.
In his announcing his decision, Adams said that "the constant media speculation my future and the campaign finance board's decision to withhold millions of dollars, have undermined my ability to raise the funds needed for a serious campaign." "Despite all we've achieved, I cannot continue my re-election campaign," Adams said in the .
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