New York City Mayor Eric Adams says he will pull out of the city’s Democratic primary and will instead run for reelection as an independent candidate.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams was a Republican; then he was a Democrat; and now he’s running for a second term as an independent. Adams announced the partisan switch the day after the federal corruption charges against him were dismissed in court under highly controversial circumstances.

Adams’ exit from the Democratic party comes one day after a federal judge dismissed the corruption case against him.