New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced on Sunday that he is dropping his third-party bid for re-election, narrowing the field for November’s election and setting up a three-way race between Queens Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee; Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa, the Republican candidate; and former Gov. In the video message, Adams said: “Despite all we’ve achieved, I cannot continue my reelection campaign. Major change is welcome and necessary, but beware of those who claim the answer to destroy the very system we built together over generations. That is not change, that is chaos.”The announcement from Adams comes just weeks after he dismissed speculation that he would drop his reelection bid. Adams insisted during a Sept. 5 news conference that he was remaining in the race, and was “the only one that can beat [Zohran] Mamdani” – referring to the Democratic frontrunner and former governor Cuomo as “two spoiled brats.”Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com