New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced plans to start his own political party to run for a second term—an unorthodox strategy that he thinks is his best path to win re-election. No longer encumbered by his bribery case,

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is ditching the Democratic Party as he seeks a second term. Adams, who was a Republican before he became a Democrat, formally announced his mayoral reelection campaign in a video Thursday, saying he plans to run as an independent.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams' historic federal corruption case has been dropped with prejudice, meaning Adams cannot be re-tried on the same charges at a later time.