Northeast
NYC Mayor Eric Adams says he's leaving Democratic primary to run for re-election as an independent
New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced he will run his re-election campaign as an independent instead of participating in the Democratic primary.
Adams told Politico on Monday that he wants to “mount a real independent campaign,” saying that the federal bribery charges, which have been dismissed, “handcuffed him.” The New York City Mayor said he’d be “uninhibited” while campaigning.
“I’m in the race to the end. I’m not running on the Democratic line. It’s just not realistic to turn around my numbers and to run a good campaign (from) where we are right now,” Adams said. “It hurts like hell.”
Adams faces an uphill battle in his re-election campaign. Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on March 1 that he’d be running for New York City mayor.
U.S. District Judge Dale E. Ho on Wednesday dismissed federal charges against Adams, which alleged he used his position to receive luxury travel and illegal campaign contributions from Turkish foreign nationals.
SCANDAL-SCARRED FORMER GOV ANDREW CUOMO IS THE FRONTRUNNER IN NYC MAYORAL RACE
New York City Mayor Eric Adams is running for re-election this year. (AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
A Quinnipac University survey that was conducted just before and just after Cuomo announced his run for mayor found the former governor enjoying 31% support among New York City Democrats, while Adams garnered 11%.
The same survey found Adams had a 20% approval rating.
During the interview, the incumbent New York City Mayor slammed Cuomo for signing bail reform measures into law which he says led to a rise in crime during the coronavirus era.
NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS INDICTMENT DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE
Former New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo is mounting a run for New York City Mayor. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
“Look at bail reform — that’s Andrew,” Adams said. “He can’t say, ‘I’m going to save the city from the far left’ when he surrendered to the far left.”
Reflecting on the now-dismissed federal charges, Adams said that he has been held back.
“I have been this racehorse that has been held back,” Adams said. “This is so unnatural for me.”
New York City Mayor Eric Adams departs Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse in New York City on Friday, November 1, 2024. Adams’ lawyers are seeking to have a bribery charge, one of the five federal corruption charges that have been filed against the mayor, dropped. (Adam Gray for Fox News Digital )
Adams told the outlet that he would submit the required 3,750 signatures on May 27, which would put him on the ballot for November’s election.
“Now I need this runway until November to redefine and remind people: This is why you elected me in the first place,” Adams said.
Fox News’ Danielle Wallace, Maria Paronich and Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.
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New Hampshire
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LONDONDERRY, NH — Here is the latest roundup of events posted on Patch sites around New Hampshire.
Event listings are free on one Patch site. You can share your calendar listing on other community sites for a modest fee, starting at 25 cents per day. To get started, visit the Events link on the front page of all Patch sites. Statewide calendar roundups are published on most Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
Saturday
Opening Day! Concord Farmers’ Market (Capitol Street, Concord)
Find out what’s happening in Londonderryfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
The Craftworkers’ Guild Spring Shop Opens This Week! (Bedford)
The Power of Angels! (Treasures Antiques, Collectables & MORE!, Amherst)
Find out what’s happening in Londonderryfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
End of Life Options in the Live Free or Die State — a talk by Rebecca Brown (Wilmot Public Library)
Multi-Family Yard Sale (3 Chase St., Concord)
Storytime Stations at the Heights (Heights Branch Library, Concord)
Talking Dirty in Rollins Park (Concord)
Concord Writers Group (Concord Public Library)
May The 2nd Be With You (Concord Public Library)
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem (Saint Paul’s Church, Concord)
“To Kill a Mockingbird” (Concord City Auditorium)
Purple Sage Pottery Open Studio Sale (Merrimac, Massachusetts)
FREE Introduction to Digital Photography class (May 9: C1M Photography LLC, Amherst)
Great Bay Food Truck Festival (May 9: Stratham Hill Park)
It’s Alive Stuffy Puppets (May 15: Epping Elementary School)
Stuffed Animal Puppets- It’s Alive for Adults! (May 16: Epping Elementary School)
Bedford Garden Club Annual Plant Sale (May 16: Joppa Hill Educational Farm, Bedford)
GSBC’s FREE Annual Memorial Day Pig Roast (May 25: Granite State Baptist Church, Concord)
Graduation Parties — Open House (May 27: Lanam Club Inc, Andover, MA)
Introduction to AI — Free, in-person class (May 30: C1M Photography, LLC, Amherst)
Great Island Garden Club Plant Sale (May 30: New Castle Recreation Center, New Castle)
Diamonds in the Ruff Gala (May 31: Event Center, Nashua)
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NJ workers’ rights activists march and rally in Newark on May Day
Workers’ rights activists march and rally in Newark for May Day on May 1, 2026.
Protests marched through two of the largest cities in New Jersey on May Day.
On a cool, sunny Friday morning, activists gathered at the Abraham Lincoln statue on Springfield Avenue in Newark for a rally, followed by a march to Broad Street.
Later that afternoon, protesters met in front of City Hall in Jersey City and continued their protest by walking down to the Hudson River waterfront before making their way back to City Hall.
The protests are among many on May 1 taking place across New Jersey and nationwide as part of an effort known as May Day Strong to call attention to such issues as the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, taxing the wealthy, affordability, and corporate power, while also calling on the public to do “no work, no school, no shopping” if not protesting.
Montclair resident Karen Szczepanski was one of the participants and part of a small group of protesters taking part in a 50-mile, several-day march starting from the Lincoln Statue in Newark and ending in Trenton on May 7. That march is to call on state legislators to pass a bill to make fossil fuel companies pay billions for pollution.
“Part of the May Day celebrations today is to highlight the destruction that the Trump Administration is doing to the environment,” Szczepanski said. “This affects all of our communities. Not just Newark, not Jersey City, it affects all of our communities.”
Longtime Newark activist Larry Hamm led attendees in a chant of “Happy May Day” as he addressed them about how the federal minimum wage in the country have been stagnant for years before embarking on a march in Downtown Newark.
”CEO pay has increased, bosses pay has increased, management pay has increased. It’s time for the workers pay to increase,” Hamm said.
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PENNSYLVANIA (WTAJ) — Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate remained steady at 4.2% for March, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) announced in its preliminary report Friday.
According to L&I, the rate in Pennsylvania was one-tenth of a percentage point below the country’s unemployment rate, which fell to 4.3% compared to February.
The civilian labor force, consisting of residents working or looking for work, increased by 6,000 to 6,593,000, and employment increased by 9,000 while unemployment decreased by 3,000 from February.
Nonfarm jobs also rose in March, to 6,189,600, while jobs in six industry supersectors increased. Trade, transportation, and utilities were up 5,100 during March.
For more information about L&I, visit its website here.
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