Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday re-emerged after spending three days out of the public eye due to an unspecified illness with a defiant speech in which he shot down a rumor that he would soon resign and railed against his perceived critics.
In remarks delivered at an annual interfaith breakfast in Midtown, Hizzoner went on a multi-minute screed aimed at dispelling a rumor circulated by a former city lawmaker that he will resign from office on Friday as part of a deal with federal prosecutors in his corruption case.