New York Mayor Eric Adams has announced that he would end his campaign for a second term, saying he could no longer mount a viable run.

According to his statement, the withholding of public matching funds and persistent questions about his legal past left the campaign without the money or momentum it needed.

Adams will remain in office until January 1, 2026, and his name will still appear on the November 4, 2025, ballot because the deadline to remove it has already passed.

Campaign Funds And Legal Shadows

Reports have disclosed that the city Campaign Finance Board paused matching payments to Adams’s bid, a move he said crippled fundraising.

He also faces a cloud from an indictment brought in 2024; he has pleaded not guilty. In 2025, the Department of Justice moved to drop the case

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