Four top officials in New York City withdraw from Mayor Eric Adams’ administration after Adam’s apparently drafted an agreement with President Donald Trump’s Ministry of Justice of having charges of criminal fraud against him.
“Due to the extraordinary events of the past few weeks and to stay true to the oaths we swore to New Yorkers and our families, we have come to the difficult decision to step down from our roles,” wrote the four deputies In a statement in a statement obtained by New York Times which was provided by the first deputy Maria Torres jumper, who has the second highest role in the city council.
Deputy mayors were concerned that they not only work for a accused mayor, but for a politician whose personal interests threaten to overshadow New Yorkers’ interests, a source told the newspaper.
The officials also included Meera Joshi, the Deputy Mayor of Operations, Anne Williams-Isom, the Deputy Mayor of Health and Human Services, and Chauncey Parker, Deputy Mayor of Public Safety-expect to resign in the coming days, according to according to the coming days, according to they according to coming days. to Times.
The resignation means that half of the New York City’s eight deputy mayors are traveling. It’s unclear who replaces them.
The Democratic mayor began to enjoy Trump after he was indicted last September in five counts related to bribery and was recently seen socialization with the president of Mar-A-Lago.
The mayor suddenly praised Trump’s immigration agenda and repeated the president’s claims that criminal cases brought by the Ministry of Justice during the Biden administration were politically motivated. He jumped out on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day -Events in New York City to attend President’s Inauguration in Washington, DC
Things came to the head last week after a top official of the Department of Justice asked Manhattan Federal Court to drop the charges against Adams.
Danielle Sassoon, the Republican Trump-appointed acting leader of the southern district of New York (SDNY), refused to comply and withdrew.
In an explosive letter to the US court lawyer, Sassoon claimed that Adams’ lawyer was trying to engage the president’s immigration breakdown.
Adams denied the allegations of Fox News while sitting next to Trump’s border “Czar” Tom Homan.
The fallen charges started a number of resignation in SDNY as well as in the Public Integrity of DOJ section when several federal prosecutors refused to support rejection of the indictment and thought it was not in good faith.
In his letter of severance, the federal prosecutor who brought the case against Adams said only a “fool” or “sweep” would sign on the proposal.
Monday’s decision from the four deputies is the latest battle for Adams’ administration, which has been exposed to extreme turbulence in the last year when several officials were facing investigations and Adams was indicted.
“I’m disappointed to see them go, but given the current challenges, I understand their decision and wish them nothing but success in the future,” Adams said in a statement of his deputy mayors Monday.
“But let me be crystal clear: New York City will continue to move on, just as it does every day,” he said. “All deputies mayors will remain in their roles at the moment to ensure a trouble -free transition. The people of New York City undoubtedly remain our highest priority. “
The independent have asked Adam’s office for comment.