Eric Adams Set to Drop Out of NYC Mayor’s Race By End of The Week: Report

Jennifer Bowers Bahney Sep 15th, 2025, 11:55 am

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Incumbent New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) is reportedly set to drop out of the mayoral race that has him pitted against Zohran Mandami (D), Andrew Cuomo (I), and Curtis Sliwa (R).

News 12 Westchester’s Tara Rosenblum reported that Adams’s announcement could come by the end of the week.

The report comes following Gov. Kathy Hochul’s (D) Monday morning endorsement of Mamdani, a 33-year-old self-proclaimed democratic socialist.

President Donald Trump called Hochul’s endorsement , a “shocking development” and “very bad one for New York City.”

Earlier this month, Adams held a press conference outside Gracie Mansion to deny

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