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Hochul Meets Key Leaders to Decide Whether to Fire Adams
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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Eric Adams’ Lawyers and Former Prosecutors File Dueling Letters Ahead of Courtroom Showdown
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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Judge in Eric Adams’ Criminal Case Orders Justice Department to Explain Dismissal Motion
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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Four Adams Deputy Mayors Quit Following Trump Deal
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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LISTEN: Time-Tunneling Into a Different Brooklyn with Jonathan Lethem
The author joins Harry Siegel and guest host Brian Berger for a deep dive into his latest book, the excellent and almost undefinable Brooklyn Crime Novel. Lethem digs into his reasons on re-reexamining the Brooklyn he wrote about 20 years earlier in The Fortress of Solitude, but doing so this time with the tools of […]
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