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NEW YORK (PIX11) – New York City Mayor Eric Adams ended his reelection run connected Sunday, helium announced successful a video connected X.
“Despite each we’ve achieved, I cannot proceed my reelection campaign,” Adams said. “The changeless media speculation astir my aboriginal and the Campaign Finance Board’s determination to withhold millions of dollars person undermined my quality to rise the funds needed for a superior campaign.”
In caller weeks, rumors swirled of Adams dropping retired of the race aft helium was reportedly successful talks for a presumption with the Trump administration. He stated successful a Sept. 5 quality league astatine Gracie Mansion that helium was committed to staying successful the race, saying, "I americium the lone 1 who tin bushed Mamdani,” earlier Sunday.
In an earlier interview with PIX11’s Dan Mannarino, Adams said helium had met with respective governmental figures successful Florida but denied reports that helium was offered a presumption successful the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
A recent exclusive poll from PIX11 News, Emerson College Polling and The Hill showed that 7% of New Yorkers said they would reelect Adams, portion 43% said they would ballot for Democratic nominee and Queens Assemblymember Mamdani. Another 28% said they would ballot for erstwhile New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and 10% for Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa.
“I anticipation that implicit time, New Yorkers volition spot the metropolis thrive nether our leadership; the policies we enactment successful spot should beryllium continued and expanded. I anticipation that you volition see, contempt the headlines and innuendo, I ever enactment you earlier me,” Adams said successful the X video.
Adams is expected to proceed to service arsenic New York City’s politician until the extremity of the year. He said helium plans to proceed nationalist work aft his clip successful bureau is over.
“I impulse New Yorkers to take leaders not by what they promise, but by what they person delivered,” helium said.
