New York City Mayor Eric Adams will skip the Democratic primary and run for reelection as an independent, he announced Thursday.The news came a day after his federal corruption case was dismissed by a judge.

Mayor Eric Adams has reshaped NYC politics by abandoning the Democratic primary and pursuing reelection as an independent candidate.

A federal judge dismissed the charges at the request of the Justice Department, which had argued that the case distracted from Adams' ability to enact Trump's immigration agenda.

A federal judge dismissed New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ corruption case on Wednesday, acquiescing to the Justice Department's extraordinary request to set aside criminal charges so the Democrat could help with President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has announced he will seek reelection as an independent candidate. Adams will bypass the Democratic primary despite remaining a registered Democrat.

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams says he will pull out of the city’s Democratic primary and will instead run for reelection as an independent candidate

About two hours after he was freed from federal corruption charges, Mayor Eric Adams stood outside Gracie Mansion with a message for the city’s 8.5 million residents. “New Yorkers stopped me all the time in trying to find the rationale behind this,

Dismissing the case “with prejudice” spares Adams from having to govern in a way that pleases Trump at risk of the Justice Department reviving the charges.