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Dear New Yorkers,

Mayor Eric Adams will not run in the June Democratic primary for mayor, instead launching a long-shot independent run in the general election, he announced in a video released early Thursday.

“I’m not a quitter, I’m a New Yorker,” he said in the six-minute clip posted to X. “Although I am still a Democrat, I’m announcing I will forgo the Democratic primary for mayor and appeal directly to New Yorkers as an independent candidate in the general election.”

The move comes one day after his five-count federal indictment was officially tossed by a judge after the Trump administration demanded its dismissal.

It also comes on the deadline for Democratic petitions to be sent to election officials to get on the primary ballot — and 24 hours after he said in a radio interview Wednesday: “I’m a Democrat. I'm going to be a Democrat. I'm going to run as a Democrat and I've said that over and over again.” Read more here about the mayor’s change of heart.

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