Overview

• Adams announced Sunday on X that he is withdrawing from the New York City mayoral race weeks before the Nov. 4 election.
• He had been running as an independent and will not seek a second term.
• He offered no endorsement in his video and urged New Yorkers to distrust calls to destroy long‑standing systems.
• Recent polling placed him fourth behind Democrat Zohran Mamdani, independent Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa.
• With Adams out, the race shifts more directly to a Mamdani–Cuomo showdown, with Sliwa remaining in the field.