Mayor Eric Adams quickly moved to fill high-level positions in his administration after four deputy mayors announced their resignations, as Gov. Kathy Hochul met with other elected officials to determine his fate. Kaz Daughtry, the NYPD’s deputy commissioner of operations, will move to City Hall as the deputy mayor for public safety, the New York […]

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Gov. Kathy Hochul met with a parade of top New York City leaders on Tuesday as she pondered whether or not to remove embattled Mayor Eric Adams amid a growing chorus of calls for his resignation.  Hochul — who has the power to oust the mayor after serving him with charges and offering him a […]

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Mayor Eric Adams’ criminal defense attorneys on Tuesday attacked the former acting Manhattan U.S. attorney’s claim that they had proposed a quid pro quo deal, offering the mayor’s help on immigration enforcement in exchange for dismissing the corruption case against him. A day before both sides were set to appear before Judge Dale Ho, who […]

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The judge overseeing Mayor Eric Adams’ criminal case early Tuesday ordered the Trump Justice Department and Adams’ lawyers to appear before him to explain their highly unusual move to dismiss the case in exchange for helping the administration in its signature effort to deport undocumented immigrants. Manhattan Federal Judge Dale Ho issued his order requiring […]

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Mayor Eric Adams begged some of his top deputies to stick around as they told him this weekend they wanted to resign amid the Trump Justice Department’s extraordinary move to toss his federal corruption case, sources told THE CITY.  The plea came during a Zoom call with First Deputy Mayor Maria Torres-Springer, Deputy Mayor for […]

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