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)
He needs to RESIGN asap
ReplyDeleteThe next in line is worse.
DeleteThis is utterly unsurprising.
ReplyDeleteI'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.
ReplyDeleteAnd when said PM’s bodyguards take it upon themselves to deliver a little street justice to US persons peacefully protesting his presence?
DeleteLOCK HIM UP!
ReplyDeleteThis guy has been a bum since the get go.
ReplyDeleteHe’s a disgrace. I hope he likes bologna
sandwiches
His press conference held OUTSIDE (?) City Hall was a horror show, worthy of Rudy's CF Four Seasons Total Landscaping press conference. It was blasted on Twitter and George Takei had the best burn:
ReplyDelete"BREAKING: NYC Mayor Eric Adams reveals Parkinson’s diagnosis."
Did you notice Al Sharpton was noticeably absent?
Delete"Did you notice Al Sharpton was noticeably absent?" Good catch. Like his former buddy Trump, IMO, Sharpton is a grifter but he's smart, he knows when to cut and run. BTW, my error , it was outside Gracie Mansion, not City Hall.
DeleteThe most audible and persistent of the protesters outside of that shameful excuse for a press conference was none other than Hawk Newsome of #blacklivesmatter fame. The Times did one of those "how I spend my weekend" puff pieces on him awhile back. In our estimation he is clearly a more dedicated public servant than the mayor himself.
ReplyDeleteHe’s horrible and should be removed, but I can’t say I look forward to interim Jumaane Williams. I hope Kathryn Garcia decides to run. I voted for her last election and think she’d do a great job.
ReplyDeleteMy close friend called this when he first took office in January 2022. He said some scandal will bring him down. Boy was he right after all. For a federal grand jury to issue these indictments, there must be overwhelming tangible evidence against him. A lawyer on MSNBC said there were 58 pages on their findings of him. How this man can remain in office while other members of his administration resign is beyond me. Adams is a colossal joke. Is there anyone in politics who isn't corrupt AF?
ReplyDeleteArrogance leads to downfall
ReplyDeleteWilliams would be temporary; there would be an election in a couple of months.
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DeleteWhen he first entered office and wanted to hire his brother as his person security detail at an exorbitant salary, I knew the office would be his personal slush fund.
ReplyDeleteYour dog should be the mayor.
ReplyDeleteLooks like the Feds got him by the balls and I assume Governor Kathy is putting the squeeze on behind the scenes because if Mr Smiley Face doesn't step down there will be pressure on her to give him the boot. Anyway you cut it its a pain in the butt for the Dems and you can be sure Trump will use it to show how corrupt they are and how messed up NYC is.
ReplyDeleteI never thought he would be able to handle all the glamour of the job, DeBlasio at least stuck with grifting for big developers but poor Adams seems to have forgotten what laws are written for.
ReplyDeletevery interesting how many evgrieve readers are terrified of Williams. I've got my problems with him but to claim he's worse than this corrupt cop is laughable.
ReplyDeleteI don't think anyone said he's worse, yes. And being a socialist, he does not speak for me. I can't believe I voted for this bum.
DeleteIf he did what he's charged with ...it's nothing new. It's been part of his life in government. He's been a small time corrupt pol for years.... y-e-a-r-s.
ReplyDeleteI read the indictment of Adams written up by the US Attorney and it was very detailed concerning all the free upgrades Adams and his crony's received from Turkish Airlines from economy seat tickets to business class worth thousands of dollars. Adams must have thought it was no big deal and just perks that came with his job of being NYC mayor. Incredible.
ReplyDeleteHis cameo in the movie Veselka proved him to be an idiot. Heartless, too.
ReplyDeleteDoes everyone understand how ranked choice works? For instance I voted Wiley & Garcia. I didn’t include Adams because I in no way wanted to contribute to his getting elected in that round. Truly, do people think it was understood? I know that a lot of people who did turn out to vote (and general turnout was low) wanted Adams, but still…
ReplyDeleteWhen people talk about who seems presidential and not and mayoral and not…it seems easy at the getgo for both of these.
The guy was soooo whiny about costs of migrants and then when he’s on the big trip to finally see the President, he cuts it short and hightails it back to NYC b/c of all the bs. He is so whiny so often, woe is me, everyone is picking on me….dude did you think it was going to be mostly roses as MAYOR OF NYC?
And yes, hiring all your buddies/relatives on day 1 looks suspicious. But what I want to know is what else are the feds investigating with him? Truly I believe there will be another round of something else and this is just a decoy before they can bring it forward.
Hiring his brother so visibly was just one red flag of poor judgement. I was not optimistic when Adams took office but at least relieved de Blasio was out. De blasio at the end seemed to be screwing things up on purpose out of contempt. This is why we need better candidates who aren’t just “less bad than the last guy”
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