US EditionNYC Mayor Eric Adams running as independent in reelection bid
- New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced he will run for reelection as an independent instead of in the Democratic primary, citing his recently dismissed federal bribery case as a barrier to campaigning effectively.
- Adams expressed that the criminal case, which was dismissed by a federal judge, had negatively affected voters' trust in him and admitted to having put his trust in the wrong people.
- The charges claimed Adams accepted illegal campaign contributions and travel discounts from a Turkish official, but they were dismissed following a motion from the Justice Department.
- Adams emphasized the need for independent leadership in the city, arguing against being influenced by extremes from either political side.
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The President of Brooklyn | Nawal Arjini, Willa Glickman
It has been the curse of many New York City mayors to see themselves as viable presidential candidates, indeed with one foot already in the White House. If Eric Adams nurtured similar ambitions—as some commentators speculated early in his mayoralty—the difference was that his presidency of the mind was unusually focused on foreign policy. “If […]
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Mixxy Mayor Adams Now Running As An Independent
Source: YUKI IWAMURA / Getty On Thursday morning (April 3), New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced that he was not going to run for reelection as a Democrat, but as an independent. Adams did so in a six-minute video that was released to the public, a day after a federal judge dismissed the corruption charges that were filed against him last year, which was recommended by the Department of Justice shortly after President Donald Trump took offic…
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The DerrickNYC Mayor Eric Adams faces perilous path to reelection as an independent candidate
In announcing that he will forgo party lines to run for reelection as an independent, Mayor Eric Adams embarks on uncharted territory that political observers tell the Daily News all but kills his hope of winning a second term at…
NYC Mayor Eric Adams Declares “Deep State” Is Real in Fiery Podcast Appearance
New York City Mayor Eric Adams declared during a podcast appearance this week that he believes the “deep state” is not Trump conspiracy theory but a reality in American government. Speaking with comedian Andrew Schulz on the Flagrant podcast Wednesday, Adams said, “I don’t want to sound [like a] conspiracy theorist, but there’s a permanent government. There are people that see presidents and mayors come and go. Their attitude is, ‘We’ll wait you…
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