NEW YORK (NYT) — Mayor Eric Adams of New York City announced Sunday that he would abandon his foundering campaign for a second term, upending the race to lead the nation’s largest city just five weeks before Election Day.

In a nearly nine-minute video message, the mayor conceded that despite his best efforts, he could no longer see a path to reelection and would conclude his tumultuous mayoralty at year’s end.

He blamed “continued media speculation about my departure” and a decision by the city’s Campaign Finance Board to deny him public matching funds for his campaign, which has flagged amid anemic poll numbers and a cloud of scandal around City Hall.

The mayor did not endorse one of his rivals. But he offered voters what appeared to be a veiled warning about Assembly member Zohran Mam

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