Mayor Eric Adams is ending his bid for reelection, he said in a video message Sunday.

Adams was running as an independent after forgoing the Democratic primary in June.

In a statement, a spokesperson from the mayor's campaign confirmed that Adams will continue to serve the rest of his term.

The spokesperson added that the mayor "will not be doing one-on-one interviews" during this time frame.

His name will remain on the November ballot, as the deadline for it to be removed has passed.

Adams had been running a distant fourth in recent polls, behind Democrat Zohran Mamdani, independent candidate Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa.

Mamdani said the news of Adams’ withdrawal from the race “the reflection of the billionaire-backed politics that we have here in New York City.”

“That once again, Eric Adams made a decision with them in mind, and not working people. And it's time for us to have a politics that serves the people that he priced out over four years,” he said.

In a statement, Cuomo said he believed Adams “is sincere in putting the well-being of New York City ahead of personal ambition.”

“We face destructive extremist forces that would devastate our city through incompetence or ignorance, but it is not too late to stop them,” the former governor wrote.

Cuomo also said Adams “has much to be proud of in his accomplishments.”

Adams served as a state senator and as Brooklyn borough president before becoming mayor. He was previously an officer of the NYC Transit Police and NYPD before getting into politics.

In the 2021 Democratic primary, he emerged as the winner of a crowded election, focusing his campaign on public safety. He then defeated Sliwa, the Republican nominee, in the general election.

Adams has touted his record on public safety while in office. During his tenure, the five boroughs have seen drops in overall crime and subway crime and the removal of 15,000 illegal guns from the city streets.

However, he was indicted last fall on federal corruption charges that he took illegal campaign contributions and bribes from foreign nationals in exchange for favors. Adams denied wrongdoing.

The Trump Justice Department ordered prosecutors to drop charges in February with the goal of getting Adams to help with Trump's immigration crackdown. They aimed to dismiss the charges "without prejudice," which meant that the charges could have been brought back at a later date.

That decision raised concerns about whether Adams’ mayoralty would be independent from interference from the Trump campaign.

Ultimately, a federal judge dismissed the charges against Adams “with prejudice,” meaning they could not be brought back.