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Who has left the Adams administration?
In the past month alone, at least six top officials have resigned, announced plans to resign or been pushed out.
Opinion
Opinion: The political chess match in NYC
With the mayor in check, lots of rooks and bishops are plotting their next move. Will anyone put the incumbent in checkmate?
Personality
5 things to know about DOI Commish Jocelyn Strauber
She was appointed by New York City Mayor Eric Adams, and she quickly became a formidable watchdog.
Adams probes
Opinion: It’s long been slippery at the top in NYC government
Former Mayors Jimmy Walker and William O’Dwyer resigned under a cloud of scandal after being accused of corruption. Will Eric Adams suffer the same fate?
Heard Around Town
NYC cultural affairs commish Cumbo obliquely defends embattled mayor
At City & State’s inaugural Arts & Culture Power 100 event, Cumbo struck a solemn tone.
News & Politics
Who in the Adams administration has been searched and subpoenaed by the feds?
A running list of known searches, seizures and subpoenas among top officials and advisers to Mayor Eric Adams.
Adams probes
Direction of Rikers receivership could soon change if Eric Adams is out and Jumaane Williams takes over
Should the mayor no longer be in office before Nov. 12, the public advocate would be in charge and answering a judge’s order to outline what a receiver’s role will look like.
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Who will be New York City’s next mayor? It just got a lot more complicated.
It’s still unclear whether Adams’ indictment will torpedo his political future, but it may shake up what had been a solidifying field of challengers.
Adams probes
Inside the alleged Adams straw donor event that launched Turkish ‘CEO Club’
City & State has uncovered more details about the Oct. 9, 2023 event. “Businessman-6” from the indictment claimed his co-conspirators needed to raise $25,000 to get the mayor to appear at the launch party.
News & Politics
Asked about Trump’s sympathies, Adams said, ‘I welcome support from every American’
The New York City mayor and the former president have both indicated there are political motivations behind the federal indictment.
Heard Around Town
New York leaders, absent Eric Adams, celebrate Sharpton’s 70th
Hochul, Schumer and Bragg attended, while the embattled mayor, founding member of the National Action Network, skipped it.
2025 New York City Mayoral Election
Jumaane Williams likely to run for mayor if Adams resigns
The progressive public advocate would automatically serve as interim mayor if Adams were to leave office.
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Hochul warns New Yorkers’ confidence in Adams is ‘wavering’
The governor said she is giving the mayor an opportunity to restore confidence, while hinting she may remove him if he cannot meet her expectations.
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Eric Adams allegedly abused the city’s matching funds program. A City Council member wants him to stop having access to it
No, the mayor didn’t steal $10 million from taxpayers, but his campaign allegedly got some illegal donations matched. The city Campaign Finance Board is assessing how to proceed.
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Eric Adams order lays out what happens if Sheena Wright leaves
The mayor, who pleaded not guilty to federal corruption charges on Friday, signed an executive order Thursday explaining what happens if his first deputy mayor position becomes vacant.
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Will Hochul try to remove Eric Adams from office?
The governor has broad authority to remove the embattled NYC mayor, but doing so poses serious political risks.
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On the day of his indictment, Eric Adams’ critics span the ideological spectrum
Adams cast earlier calls for him to resign as coming from his political enemies. Post-indictment, that’s not strictly the case anymore.
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Ingrid Lewis-Martin projects support from Japan, top officials resume business after Adams indictment
“I will be back and I will stand with my brother,” Lewis-Martin said.
Policy
Updated
No NYC mayor has resigned in decades. But here’s what would happen if they did.
Most recent mayoral administrations have been investigated for corruption, but the New York City line of succession hasn’t come into play.
Adams probes
Eric Adams charged with bribery, fraud, soliciting foreign campaign donations
The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York unsealed the 57-page indictment Thursday morning detailing alleged influence peddling in exchange for luxury travel and campaign donations.
