NEW YORK -- 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 that began with Frank Sinatra's "My Way," 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.

"Despite all we've achieved," he said, "I cannot continue my reelection campaign."

The mayor did no

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