NYC Mayor Eric Adams launches unbiased re-election marketing campaign, abandoning Democratic main

[ad_1] New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams introduced he'll run his re-election marketing campaign as an unbiased as an alternative of taking part within the Democratic main.

Adams told Politico on Monday that he desires to "mount an actual unbiased marketing campaign," saying that the federal bribery prices, which have been dismissed, "handcuffed him." The New York Metropolis Mayor mentioned he'd be "uninhibited" whereas campaigning.

"I’m within the race to the top. I’m not operating on the Democratic line. It’s simply not practical to show round my numbers and to run a very good marketing campaign (from) the place we're proper now," Adams mentioned. "It hurts like hell."

Adams faces an uphill battle in his re-election marketing campaign. Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo introduced on March 1 that he'd be operating for New York Metropolis mayor.

U.S. District Choose Dale E. Ho on Wednesday dismissed federal prices in opposition to Adams, which alleged he used his place to obtain luxurious journey and unlawful marketing campaign contributions from Turkish international nationals.

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New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams is operating for re-election this 12 months. (AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

A Quinnipac University survey that was carried out simply earlier than and simply after Cuomo introduced his run for mayor discovered the previous governor having fun with 31% assist amongst New York Metropolis Democrats, whereas Adams garnered 11%.

The identical survey discovered Adams had a 20% approval score.

Through the interview, the incumbent New York Metropolis Mayor slammed Cuomo for signing bail reform measures into regulation which he says led to an increase in crime in the course of the coronavirus period.

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Former New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo is mounting a run for New York Metropolis Mayor. (AP Photograph/Richard Drew, File)

"Take a look at bail reform — that’s Andrew," Adams mentioned. "He can’t say, ‘I’m going to avoid wasting the town from the far left’ when he surrendered to the far left."

Reflecting on the now-dismissed federal charges , Adams mentioned that he has been held again.

"I've been this racehorse that has been held again," Adams mentioned. "That is so unnatural for me."

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New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams departs Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse in New York Metropolis on Friday, November 1, 2024. Adams’ attorneys are searching for to have a bribery cost, one of many 5 federal corruption prices which have been filed in opposition to the mayor, dropped. (Adam Grey for Fox Information Digital )