New York City Mayor Eric Adams will run for reelection as an independent, opting out of the Democratic primary just one day after a federal judge dismissed corruption charges against him.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is ditching the Democratic Party as he seeks a second term. Adams, who was a Republican before he became a Democrat, formally announced his mayoral reelection campaign in a video on Thursday, saying he plans to run as an independent.

Adams’ exit from the Democratic party comes one day after a federal judge dismissed the corruption case against him.

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The federal judge presiding over the New York mayor’s case was asked to approve a farcical quid pro quo. He went a different route.

A U.S. judge dismissed corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday, even as he said the Trump administration's argument that the case should be dropped because it was hindering the Democratic politician's help with an immigration crackdown "smacks of a bargain.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams says he will pull out of the city’s Democratic primary and will instead run for reelection as an independent candidate

About two hours after he was freed from federal corruption charges, Mayor Eric Adams stood outside Gracie Mansion with a message for the city’s 8.5 million residents. “New Yorkers stopped me all the time in trying to find the rationale behind this,

Dismissing the case “with prejudice” spares Adams from having to govern in a way that pleases Trump at risk of the Justice Department reviving the charges.