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New York Magazine |
After months of speculation about the status of his largely dormant and seemingly doomed reelection campaign, New York City mayor Eric Adams announced that he is no longer seeking the Democratic nomin...
CNN |
“Though I am still a Democrat, I am announcing that I will forego the Democratic primary for mayor and appeal directly to all New Yorkers as an Independent candidate in the general election,” Adams sa...
U.S. News & World Report |
“I firmly believe that this city is better served by truly independent leadership, not leaders pulled at by the extremists at the far left or the far right, but instead those rooted in the common mid...

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