NYC Mayor Eric Adams Running for Reelection—Just Not As a Democrat

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has had an interesting time of it lately—he publicly complained about the tsunami of illegal aliens swarming into the Big Apple due to Biden’s disastrous border policies and was promptly rewarded with corruption charges by Joe’s weaponized Department of Justice.

Now that Biden and his corrupt team have been jetissoned, the charges were dismissed Wednesday with prejudice, meaning they can’t be brought again.

Adams can now devote his full attention to his reelection campaign, which is exactly what he says he’s going to do—just not as a member of the Democrat party:

New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced he will run his re-election campaign as an independent instead of participating in the Democratic primary.
Adams told Politico on Monday that he wants to "mount a real independent campaign," saying that the federal bribery charges, which have been dismissed, "handcuffed him." The New York City Mayor said he'd be "uninhibited" while campaigning.
"I’m in the race to the end. I’m not running on the Democratic line. It’s just not realistic to turn around my numbers and to run a good campaign (from) where we are right now," Adams said. "It hurts like hell."

🚨BREAKING: Eric Adams just announced that he is dropping out of the Democratic primary to run as an independent in the NYC mayoral race. pic.twitter.com/R8n6oD0qIt
— I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸 (@ImMeme0) April 3, 2025

Payback Against Hizzoner? It Sure Looks Like It

Adams faces a tough road as—if you can believe it—disgraced "Luv Guv” Andrew Cuomo is on the comeback trail and incredibly leads in the polls. Cuomo resigned as governor in 2021 after a COVID nursing home scandal and allegations of sexual harassment.

A Quinnipac University survey that was conducted just before and just after Cuomo announced his run for mayor found the former governor enjoying 31% support among New York City Democrats, while Adams garnered 11%.
The same survey found Adams had a 20% approval rating.
During the interview, the incumbent New York City Mayor slammed Cuomo for signing bail reform measures into law which he says led to a rise in crime during the coronavirus era.

NYC POLL w/ @thehill & @PIX11News

(Mar. 21-24, 2025)

In a hypothetical general mayoral election between the following candidates, who would you vote for at this time?

Andrew Cuomo (D) 43%
Curtis Sliwa (R) 13%
Eric Adams (I) 11%
Jim Walden (I) 4%https://t.co/8HmTAp8bVY
— Emerson College Polling (@EmersonPolling) April 3, 2025

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Breaking: Court Dismisses Case Against NY Mayor Eric Adams - With Prejudice

It’s not a shock that Adams is distancing himself from the Democrats; over time, he has been sounding more and more like a conservative on issues ranging from crime to illegal immigration. I’m not arguing that he is suddenly some hard-core GOP convert, I’m just noting that he is sounding a lot less extreme than most of the current Dem leadership in both New York and Washington, D.C., who these days are coming off as to the left of Karl Marx.

"Look at bail reform — that’s Andrew," Adams said. "He can’t say, ‘I’m going to save the city from the far left’ when he surrendered to the far left."
Reflecting on the now-dismissed federal charges, Adams said that he has been held back.
"I have been this racehorse that has been held back," Adams said. "This is so unnatural for me."

Voters will make their will known in November. Until then, the NYC tabloids are going to have a field day.