“I have always put the people of New York before politics and the party, and I will always do it. I go to the mayor in the general election because our city needs independent leadership that understands working people,” Adams said in a shared publication in X, before Twitter.
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– Eric Adams (@ricadamsfornyc) April 3, 2025
The Adams party switch arrives only one day after a federal judge dismissed the bribe and fraud of wire against him. He was accused in September after New York’s southern district prosecutors accused him of searching and accepting thousands of luxury international dollars and Turkish national rich for almost a decade, according to News NBC and Nuggery.
Federal judge drops Adams case
“To the extent that the Government can try to extract the mayor’s political concessions, dismissal with prejudice instead of continuing the prosecution’s best addresses of this concern,” wrote the American district judge Dale Ho in a 78-page order obtained by NBC News. “It is guaranteed that the charges in the indictment cannot be used as a leverage on Mayor Adams or New York City.”
The Trump administration initially discussed leaving Adams charges in February, arguing that it would prevent the mayor from cracking immigration policies For the city. In the case of behind, Adams focuses on launching a campaign for neoyorcan people from all parties.
“I am in the race to the end. I’m not running in the democratic line. It is not realistic to turn around my numbers and make a good campaign (from) where we are right now,” he said Politicalthe first to report the news. “It hurts like hell.”
Adams has only three months to build a team and reconnect with the neoyorcan people, including an increasing population of independent voters. While the city is still predominantly democratic, a red wave increased in November. However, some of the Adams allies believe that it can appeal to the voters through the lines of party.
“The mayor is going to establish a policy that he believes is correct (i) will do so with authenticity, regardless of whether he comes from the Trump (O) administration that comes from traditional democratic leadership,” said his friend and counselor Frank Charone in an interview with Politico. “He is the mayor of New York City, not the mayor of the Democratic Party.”
Primary June 24 presents now 12 democratic candidatesWith former governor Andrew Cuomo, who announced his candidacy in March, leading the race. Adams criticized Cuomo the rise of the crime during the Covid-19 pandemic and the controversial bond reform of the city. He also accused the former governor, who resigned from allegations of sexual assault, to abandon his duties, and suggested that he could do it again if another crisis occurs.
“I never put my personal challenges in the way to deliver to New Yorkers,” Adams told Politico. “What happens the next time you have a personal crisis? Will you leave the city?”
