NY Mayor to end his campaign for second term

(MENAFN) New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced on Sunday that he is withdrawing from his bid for a second term, citing mounting financial and political challenges, a move that significantly alters the 2025 mayoral race.

“Despite all we’ve achieved, I cannot continue my reelection campaign,” Adams said in an over-eight-minute video posted on the social media platform X. “The constant media speculation about 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.”

Speaking from the steps of Gracie Mansion, the mayor, a former police captain elected in 2021, highlighted his administration’s accomplishments in reducing crime, expanding housing, reforming education, and easing living costs for working families.

“We built more housing in one term than any administration before us, we drove crime down so far that this year, we are on track to have fewer shootings and murders than at any point in our city’s history,” Adams said, while acknowledging that issues of affordability and public safety remain.

He also noted that many New Yorkers “have yet to feel the full impact of these historic achievements” and remain concerned about their future in the city.

Without naming other candidates directly, Adams warned of rising political “extremism” in the city, criticizing divisive agendas that, he said, threaten everyday residents. “Our children are being radicalized to hate our city and our country. Political anger is turning into political violence. Too often, insidious forces use local government to advance divisive agendas with little regard for how it hurts everyday New Yorkers,” he stated.

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