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Eric Adams Ditches Democratic Party, Runs for Re-Election as Independent After Corruption Charges Tossed

‘I’m not a quitter. I’m a New Yorker,’ the current mayor said in a video posted to X.

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Mayor Adams announced in a video on X that he's now running as an independent for reelection. Via X
PERRY CHIARAMONTE
PERRY CHIARAMONTE

Mayor Adams has announced that he’s ditching the Democratic party in favor of running for re-election as an independent candidate just one day after a federal judge vanquished his corruption case.

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PERRY CHIARAMONTE
PERRY CHIARAMONTE

Mr. Chiaramonte was an investigative reporter and producer at Fox News, a correspondent for the New York Post, and a news editor for the Messenger.

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