New York Metropolis Comptroller Brad Lander (D) on Monday referred to as on Mayor Eric Adams to show he can nonetheless govern the town amid requires his resignation after the Justice Division dropped bribery expenses in opposition to him and 4 deputy mayors submitted their intent to resign.
In a letter to Adams, Lander mentioned the potential resignations of the deputy mayors might “create an unprecedented leadership vacuum at the highest levels of City government and wreak havoc on the City’s ability to deliver essential services to New Yorkers.”
“Given the gravity of this situation and the chaos it has unleashed among New Yorkers, I formally request that your office promptly develop and present a detailed contingency plan outlining how you intend to manage the City of New York during this period of leadership transition,” he wrote.
NEW YORK CITY MAYOR ERIC ADAMS SAYS HE WILL RUN FOR RE-ELECTION AS DEMOCRAT
New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams departs Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse in New York Metropolis on Friday, November 1, 2024. Adams’ attorneys are searching for to have a bribery cost, one of many 5 federal corruption expenses which have been filed in opposition to the mayor, dropped. (Adam Grey for Fox Information Digital )
“Specifically, please provide immediate confirmation of your plan for appointing interim Deputy Mayors and key managerial staff, along with an anticipated timeline for stabilizing the administration, no later than Friday, February 21, 2025,” Lander added.
If Adams fails to offer a plan, Lander mentioned he would search to convene a gathering of the Incapability Committee. Fox Information Digital has reached out to Adams’ workplace.
In a letter final week to Lawyer Normal Pam Bondi, appearing U.S. Lawyer Danielle Sassoon mentioned Adams was being granted particular therapy by the Trump administration after receiving a memo drafted by Deputy Lawyer Normal Emil Bove directing the case in opposition to the mayor to be dropped.
Fairly than perform the directive, Sassoon and several other others resigned as a substitute. Adams was charged final yr with bribery, soliciting marketing campaign contributions from international nationals, wire fraud and conspiracy. He has pleaded not responsible to all expenses.
Former U.S. Lawyer Danielle Sassoon pictured in an undated official portrait. (Reuters)
Critics say Adams has cozied as much as the Trump administration, and provided to cooperate on Trump’s unlawful immigration crackdown in an effort to get a pardon.
“These resignations come in the wake of deeply concerning actions by the U.S. Justice Department, asking the U.S. District Court to drop the indictments against you, so long as you comply with the White House on matters of immigration and criminal justice policy, which call into question your ability to continue to comply with your duties to New Yorkers under the City Charter,” Lander wrote in his letter.
On Sunday, Adams instructed churchgoers in Queens that he’s refusing to resign.
New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams has rebuffed requires him to resign after the Justice Division dropped a bribery case in opposition to him. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Pictures)
“I have a mission to finish, the mission that God put me on many years ago,” Adams mentioned, including that “God has fortified me.”
Adams instructed “Fox & Friends” in an interview on Friday that he plans to run for re-election as a Democrat.
