New York City Mayor Eric Adams has ended his long-shot bid to run for a second term leading the nation's largest city.

Adams’ decision to drop out of the race as a one-term mayor, announced Sept. 28 narrows the field and likely improves the chances of fellow independent candidate and former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo . State representative and democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani upset Cuomo in June's Democratic primary in this overwhelmingly blue city.

Adams announced his departure from the race in a video address posted to X on Sunday. "It has been my honor to be your mayor," he said,

A 65-year-old Democratic mayor elected in 2021, Adams had been pressured to drop out of the race for months, with his administration plagued by scandal, resignations and corruption allegations

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