Andrew Yang drops out of New York mayoral race as Eric Adams leads

• Early frontrunner and presidential candidate slumped in polls
• Adams remains long way from nomination due to ranked voting

Andrew Yang, who led the polls in the New York mayoral election in the early months of the race, conceded defeat on Tuesday night, after results from the first vote count showed him slumping and former police officer Eric Adams in the lead.

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