New York City Mayor Eric Adams will skip the Democratic primary and run for reelection as an independent, he announced Thursday.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced plans to start his own political party to run for a second term—an unorthodox strategy that he thinks is his best path to win re-election.No longer encumbered by his bribery case,

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is ditching the Democratic Party as he seeks a second term. Adams, who was a Republican before he became a Democrat, formally announced his mayoral reelection campaign in a video on Thursday, saying he plans to run as an independent.