Gov. Kathy Hochul met with a litany of New York City officials on Tuesday to consider removing Mayor Eric Adams from office as concerns over President Trump’s Justice Department’s decision to drop his corruption case — and whether that may have compromised the mayor — reached a fever pitch.
The governor, who has the power to remove the mayor under the City Charter, scheduled the series of closed-door meetings after four of Adams’ deputy mayors submitted their resignations Monday amid the fallout over the pending dismissal of the mayor’s indictment. Many of the local leaders Hochul met with on Feb. 18 would sit on a Committee on Mayoral Inability — a five-member panel that could be convened under the City Charter to also consider ousting Adams.
