Mayor Eric Adams introduced Thursday he would mount an unbiased re-election marketing campaign fairly than compete within the Democratic major.
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On the heels of a federal decide dropping Mayor Eric Adams’ historic corruption fees, Hizzoner introduced on Thursday that he would forego the Democratic major and as an alternative pursue an unbiased bid for re-election.
“Today, Mayor Eric Adams officially declares his candidacy for re-election as an independent candidate for Mayor of New York City,” Adams’ marketing campaign spokesperson Todd Shapiro stated in a press release.
Politico first reported the event.
“New Yorkers are strong, and deserve strong leadership,” the mayor stated in a marketing campaign video launched Thursday morning. “There isn’t a liberal or a conservative way to fix New York; there is a right way or a wrong way. … I’ve always put New York’s people before politics and party, and I always will.”
Adams’ transfer confirmed weeks of hypothesis that he would take his possibilities within the normal election, fairly than compete in a Democratic major he had more and more little likelihood of successful. Latest polls have him with a 20% approval score.
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