Embattled New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who has faced a federal bribery indictment and stunningly low approval ratings as the leader of the nation’s largest city, dropped his bid on Sunday for a second term.

His departure from the race, a little more than a month before Election Day, leaves the contest to become the city’s next mayor effectively between frontrunner Democrat Zohran Mamdani and former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.

Adams had struggled to raise money and trailed far behind Mamdani and Cuomo, who is running as an independent, in public opinion polls. Mamdani holds a sizeable lead ahead of the November 4 election, while recent polls showed single-digit support for both Adams and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa.

Adams announced he was dropping out in a nearly nine-minute

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