The move comes after a federal judge dismissed bribery charges against the mayor.

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Mayor Eric Adams announced Thursday he will run for reelection as an independent and will forego what has become a crowded field for the Democratic primary -- and instead head straight to the general election in November.

A day after a federal judge dismissed his corruption case, New York City Mayor Eric Adams said he will not participate in the June Democratic primary election.

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams is opting out of New York City’s Democratic primary and running for reelection as an independent — embarking on narrow path as he further isolates himself from the city’s dominant political party.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams will run for reelection as an independent, he announced Thursday on social media.

Adams said he will run as an independent, giving himself more time to mend his reputation after politically ruinous controversies.

A lawyer for New York City Mayor Eric Adams is asking the judge handling his federal corruption case to hurry up and decide if he’s going to toss the charges.

N ew York City Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday said he will pull out of the city's Democratic primary and instead run for reelection as an independent candidate, arguing that his federal bribery charges had made it impossible to mount a primary campaign.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has decided to run his re-election campaign as an independent, abandoning the Democratic primary, he told Politico on Thursday.