Cuomo gets closer to the two man race he wantedAdams’ exit from the race will breathe new, if temporary life into former New York Gov. Seeing no way out, Adams will focus on legacyThe writing had been on the wall for Adams’ reelection bid for weeks. “I cannot continue my reelection campaign. “He leaves New York City better than he inherited it and that will always be central to his legacy as mayor,” Hochul said in a statement. David Dinkins, who made history as the city’s first Black mayor lost his reelection bid to Rudy Giuliani in 1993.