纽约市市长埃里克·亚当斯周日宣布，他将暂停市长竞选，距离备受关注的选举只有几周时间了。
亚当斯在一次演讲中宣布了他的决定X上的视频.
市长以独立候选人的身份参选，拒绝了民主党提名人Zohran Mamdani的反对者此前发出的退出呼吁，他们担心他和独立候选人前州长。安德鲁·科莫在民主党初选中落败并以独立候选人身份参选的奥巴马将分割选票。
亚当斯一直落后于马姆达尼、科莫和共和党提名人柯蒂斯·斯利瓦。
美国广播公司新闻先前报道说，亚当斯的名字从选票上删除为时已晚。他的名字将会保留，同样的候选人吉姆·沃尔登(Jim Walden)也暂停了他的竞选活动，并于上周支持了科莫。
亚当斯的决定是根据曼哈顿联邦法官周五的命令做出的，该法官负责监督亚当斯的刑事案件。
法官戴尔·何(Dale Ho)同意将纽约市竞选财务委员会列为现已撤销的腐败案的相关方。CFB要求加入进来，这样它就可以在决定是否向亚当斯的竞选活动提供匹配资金之前审查这个案例。
法官批准这一请求的命令向市长和他的竞选顾问明确表示，他们不太可能获得与亚当斯筹集的近400万美元相匹配的公共资金。
亚当斯于2024年9月被控五项罪名，涉嫌长期阴谋，检察官称这些阴谋与不当利益、非法竞选捐款和试图掩盖有关。
今年4月，美国司法部撤销了对市长的指控，包括电信欺诈、阴谋、贿赂和向外国实体索取捐款，批评者称这是与特朗普政府的交换条件。
亚当斯和司法部否认撤销指控涉及交换条件。
消息人士告诉ABC新闻，唐纳德·特朗普总统的顾问一直在与亚当斯联系，劝说他退出竞选，并向他提供政府职位，包括驻沙特阿拉伯的大使职位。
特朗普和亚当斯都否认了那些会议的报道。然而，特朗普一直呼吁候选人应该退出，以限制马姆达尼的挑战者数量。
亚当斯在声明中表示，他无法继续竞标，因为他所说的媒体猜测和CFB扣留的资金“削弱了我筹集严肃竞选所需资金的能力”
“当我被选为你们的市长时，我说过这些话:这场竞选从来都不是关于我的。这是关于这个城市的人们——来自各个社区和不同背景——他们被落在了后面，并且相信他们永远也追不上了。亚当斯在视频中说:“这场运动是为了那些得不到充分服务的人、被边缘化的人、被政府抛弃和背叛的人。”。
“从那以后，成为你们的市长是我的荣幸。我很自豪地说，我们在四年前取得了胜利，并将其转化为行动——为那些被政府辜负的人让这座城市变得更好。”
亚当斯还表示，他将完成剩余的任期。
“虽然这是我连任竞选的结束，但不是我公共服务的结束。我将继续为这座城市而战——从我加入NYPD的那一天起，我已经为之奋斗了40年，让我们的街道更安全，我们的制度更公平，”他说。
亚当斯在他的声明中没有支持任何市长候选人。
马姆达尼在一份回应亚当斯退出的声明中写道，“唐纳德·特朗普和他的亿万富翁捐赠者可能能够决定埃里克·亚当斯和安德鲁·科莫的行动，但他们不会决定这次选举的结果。纽约值得更好的待遇，而不是用一个丢脸的腐败政客去换另一个。11月4日，我们将翻开大款和小创意政治的新一页，打造一个让每个纽约人都感到自豪的政府。”
科莫周日在一份声明中表示，亚当斯选择退出“并不容易，但我相信他是真诚地将纽约市的福祉置于个人野心之上。”
“我们面临着破坏性的极端势力，他们会因为无能或无知而摧毁我们的城市，但现在阻止他们还为时不晚，”科莫写道。
这位前州长补充道:“亚当斯市长的成就值得骄傲。只有在纽约，一个在布什威克的廉价公寓里长大的孩子，曾经当过清洁工和邮件收发员，能够成为市长。不管我们之间有什么不同，埃里克·亚当斯的故事不可否认是一个坚韧不拔的故事，是这座城市精神的见证。"
斯利瓦的发言人写道，“柯蒂斯·斯利瓦是唯一能击败马姆达尼的候选人。我们的团队、资源和资金是无与伦比的。最重要的是，我们有最好的解决方案来帮助工薪阶层负担得起留在纽约市的费用，并感到安全。”
就在竞选团队发布亚当斯声明的几分钟前，市政厅的工作人员被告知市长的决定。亚当斯没有表示他卸任后会有工作。一位接近市长的消息人士并不知道有人提供了一份工作。
Eric Adams ends campaign for New York City mayor
New York CityMayor Eric Adams announced Sunday he is suspending his campaign for mayor, just weeks away from the closely watched election.
Adams announced his decision in avideo on X.
The mayor, running as an independent, resisted calls to drop out previously from opponents of Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani, who were concerned he and independent candidate former Gov.Andrew Cuomo, who lost the Democratic primary and is running as an independent, would split the vote.
Adams has been polling behind Mamdani, Cuomo and Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa.
ABC News previously reported that it is too late for Adams's name to be removed from the ballot. His name will remain, as will fellow long shot candidate Jim Walden, who also suspended his campaign and last week endorsed Cuomo.
Adams' decision follows an order Friday from the Manhattan federal judge who oversaw Adams’ criminal case.
Judge Dale Ho agreed to add the city’s Campaign Finance Board as an interested party in the now-dismissed corruption matter. The CFB asked to be added so it could review the case before deciding whether to award matching funds to the Adams campaign.
The judge’s order granting the request made clear to the mayor and his campaign advisers that it would be unlikely they would receive public money to match the nearly $4 million Adams has raised.
Adams was indicted in September 2024 on five counts in an alleged long-standing conspiracy connected to what prosecutors said were improper benefits, illegal campaign contributions and an attempted coverup.
The charges against the mayor -- including counts of wire fraud, conspiracy, bribery and solicitation of a contribution from a foreign entity -- were dropped against him in April by the U.S. Justice Department in what his critics claimed was a quid pro quo with the Trump administration.
Adams and the Justice Department denied there was a quid pro quo involved in the dropping of the charges.
Advisers for President Donald Trump had been in contact with Adams to persuade him to drop out of the race and offered him positions in the administration, including an ambassador post in Saudi Arabia, sources told ABC News.
Trump and Adams both denied reports of those meetings. However, Trump has been vocal that candidates should drop out to limit the number of challengers against Mamdani.
Adams said in his announcement he could not continue his bid because of what he said was media speculation and funds withheld by the CFB "have undermined my ability to raise the funds needed for a serious campaign."
“When I was elected to serve as your mayor, I said these words: This campaign was never about me. It was about the people of this city -- from every neighborhood and background -- who had been left behind and believed they would never catch up. This campaign was for the underserved, the marginalized, the abandoned and betrayed by government,” Adams said in the video.
“Since then, it has been my honor to be your mayor. And I am proud to say that we took that victory four years ago and turned it into action -- making this city better for those who had been failed by government.”
Adams also indicated he will serve out the rest of his term in office.
“Although this is the end of my reelection campaign, it is not the end of my public service. I will continue to fight for this city -- as I have for 40 years, since the day I joined the NYPD to make our streets safer and our systems fairer,” he said.
Adams did not endorse any candidate for mayor in his announcement.
Mamdani wrote in a statement reacting to Adams' withdrawal, “Donald Trump and his billionaire donors might be able to determine Eric Adams and Andrew Cuomo’s actions but they will not dictate the results of this election. New York deserves better than trading in one disgraced, corrupt politician for another. On November 4th, we are going to turn the page on the politics of big money and small ideas and deliver a government every New Yorker can be proud of.”
Cuomo said in a statement Sunday that Adams’s choice to drop out “was not an easy one, but I believe he is sincere in putting the well-being of New York City ahead of personal ambition."
“We face destructive extremist forces that would devastate our city through incompetence or ignorance, but it is not too late to stop them,” Cuomo wrote.
The former governor added, “Mayor Adams has much to be proud of in his accomplishments. Only in New York can a child raised in a tenement in Bushwick, who once worked as a squeegee boy and a mailroom clerk, rise to become mayor. Whatever differences we may have, Eric Adams’ story is undeniably one of resilience -- a testament to the spirit of this city.”
A spokesperson for Sliwa wrote, "Curtis Sliwa is the only candidate who can defeat Mamdani. Our team, our resources, and our funding are unmatched. Most importantly, we have the best solutions to help working people afford to stay in New York City and feel safe.”
City Hall staff members were informed of the mayor’s decision just a few moments before the campaign released Adams' statement. Adams gave no indication that he has a job lined up after he leaves office. A source close to the mayor was unaware of a job being offered.
