Photo from Tompkins Square Park in May 2023 by Stacie Joy
It's the story dominating headlines today here and across the country: Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted on five federal public corruption charges, including bribery and wire fraud — the first for a sitting New York City mayor.
He defiantly said today he will fight the charges... and has no plans to resign as he faces these criminal charges.
Here's his press conference today, where he was initially drowned out by protestors (The City)...
Here's a collection of headlines about this ongoing story...Live Now: https://t.co/dBj6PRBsIg
— Mayor Eric Adams (@NYCMayor) September 26, 2024
• What we know about the investigations surrounding Adams (The Associated Press with live updates)
• Read the Adams indictment (NBC 4)
• Investigations, resignations, indictment: A timeline of Mayor Adams' troubles (Gothamist)
• Live ongoing coverage at NBC News here.
• Eric Adams promised to be a mayor unlike any New Yorkers had ever seen. Much about him remains head-scratching. (The New York Times)
• Who is Jumaane Williams? If Eric Adams resigns, the NYC public advocate becomes mayor. (CBS News)
3 comments:
He needs to RESIGN asap
This is utterly unsurprising.
I'm not going to defend the job he's done as Mayor or his cronyism or most aspects of his tenure. However finding a temporary workaround so that Turkey's UN HQ can open with their President/Prime Minister visits seems like a reasonable thing to do.
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