Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced this week that he will run as an independent in the November general election for New York City mayor, even as he continues his campaign for the Democratic nomination.

In a statement released by his campaign Tuesday, Cuomo said he will appear on the newly created Fight and Deliver Party ballot line regardless of the outcome of the June 24 Democratic primary.

"This November, in addition to securing the Democratic nomination, my campaign will work to build the largest possible coalition and secure the biggest possible mandate. We will be responsive to those who want to support my candidacy, but who would like an alternate way to do it, by starting the Fight and Deliver Party to appeal to disillusioned Democrats, as well as to independents and Republicans," Cuomo said in a statement.

If Cuomo does not secure the Democratic nomination, he will face the Democratic nominee, Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa, fellow independent Jim Walden and incumbent Mayor Eric Adams, who is also running as an independent, in the November general election.

Adams announced in April that he would not run in the Democratic primary, one day after a Manhattan judge permanently dismissed a federal corruption case against him. At the time, he said his legal troubles had prevented him from mounting a Democratic primary campaign.

Cuomo said he is pursuing an independent bid because some Democrats have told him they feel the party has been "hijacked."

"Over the last several months, as I've been out talking to New Yorkers, one thing has become clear: there is a disillusionment with the Democratic Party by some-a feeling that the party has been hijacked, that it doesn't produce real results, and that it doesn't fight for working people anymore," he said.

Still, Cuomo said he is not abandoning the party.

"I believe that Democrats can and will turn this around. We will do it by fighting for and delivering real results for real people," he said.