After weeks of speculation, New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced Sunday he will end his re-election campaign.Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/ZUMA

New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced on Sunday that he will abandon his chaotic reelection campaign to run the biggest city in the country. The move came after weeks of speculation that the Trump administration was pressuring Adams to drop out, in a bid to boost former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s chances against frontrunner Zohran Mamdani.

In a bizarre start to the nearly nine-minute-long announcement video he posted to X, Adams walks down a set of stairs to the tune of Frank Sinatra’s “My Way” and plops down next to an oversized photo of his mother. He appears to blame his decision on negative media coverage and his inability to access matching campaign funds from the city—rather than the dismal polling that continually showed him trailing Mamdani, Cuomo, and even right-wing vigilante Curtis Sliwa.

“Despite all we’ve achieved, I cannot continue my reelection campaign,” Adams says in the video. “The constant media speculation about my future and the Campaign Finance Board’s decision to withhold millions of dollars have undermined my ability to raise the funds needed for a serious campaign.” (Last month, the CFB denied Adams’ request for matching funds for the 10th time, reportedly claiming the campaign had not submitted the........

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