The New York City mayor, Eric Adams, announced on Thursday that he would forgo the Democratic primary for mayor in June and run as an independent candidate in the general election. The move comes after the federal corruption indictment against Adams was dismissed this week, on the heels of the Trump administration moving to dismiss the charges in February. In a post on his X account, Adams wrote: “I have always put New York’s people before politics and party – and I always will. I am running for mayor in the general election because our city needs independent leadership that