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After weeks of fervent denials, Mayor Eric Adams announced Sunday that he was dropping out of the mayoral race, admitting he couldn’t continue his run for a second term while rattling off his accomplishments over nearly four years.

In a video released to social media, Adams descends the stairs at Gracie Mansion holding a large photo of his mother, with Frank Sinatra’s “My Way” playing in the background.

“This campaign was for the underserved, the marginalized, the abandoned and betrayed by government,” he says.

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