New Yorkers, though we are known for their lasting reputation, agree with many things - mainly things we don't like: rats; subway crime; our mayor Eric Adams.
His polls were frustrating before Adams was sued for federal corruption charges. A 2023 Quinnipiac University poll put his approval rate at 28%, the lowest result for mayor since Quinnipiac began voting against New York voters in 1996. and budget. But perhaps the most notable thing is the interviewee’s view of the man Adams. More than half of New Yorkers think he has poor leadership skills, does not know people like them, and is dishonest or trustworthy. (less science, but also tells: Over the past few years, a meme has radiated a "club facilitator" Halloween - a Kustom package that contains photos and words from Mayor Adams Including: No help)
Mayor Adams' popularity is as much about the whirlpool of chaos and corruption surrounding his administration as his dissatisfaction with residents' management of the city, and is related to the turmoil and whirlpool of corruption. Like our president, Adams also favors putting friends and relatives in power. He installed a friend as Secretary of Education and obtained another senior adviser from the coronavirus pandemic. Many of his colleagues were also prosecuted after the allegations against Adams were announced. Many others have since resigned. (Adams pleaded not guilty and insisted that the case was politically motivated.)
For many New Yorkers, reading the South Region prosecution is just something we have long doubted: Our mayor is an arrogant egoist who uses his stance to enhance the way of life for him and his relatives. This is also very embarrassing. Adams' allegations - conspiracy against foreign businessmen, bribery, wire fraud and solicitation of illegal campaign donations - against him says he has provided the Turkish government with real estate favors in exchange for free travel and in Turkey Privileges on airlines. I can't help but feel like a city as great as this one, at least, corrupted more complex and ambitious than what Adams calls flying upgrades attempts.
Perhaps the crime is deeper. But now we may never know, because Donald Trump's administration has ordered prosecutors to dismiss the allegations against Adams. Emil Bove III, appointed by the Justice Department's Trump-appointed, argued that the allegations were politically motivated and necessary because prosecutors interfered with the mayor's ability to dominate. He wrote that this is a "threat to public safety, national security and related federal immigration programs and policies."
For anyone who believes Bove's claim to be inquiry against Adams, it's the "weaponization" of the federal government: I have a bridge that I want to sell to you. Immigration Program The key phrase here - Adams met with Trump in Mar-a-Lago and hosted Trump's border campus in December at Gracie Mansion. After that meeting, Adams said he might consider an executive order to “unlock” immigration rules that he believes are restrictive. The impression is that he has promised to work with Trump's deportation agenda in exchange for his protection.
The Trump administration’s intervention is a pervert to the Justice Department’s principles, with at least six prosecutors in New York and Washington resigning in protest. But not only that, it is an insult to intelligence and common sense for New Yorkers. Today, the judge will hear letters from lawyers from the Justice Department and decide whether to approve the government’s request. If the case is dropped, the mayor's voters will be deprived of the opportunity to hold him accountable and they will be bound by a mayor who is reluctant to have the will of the people but to Trump.
Trump won 30% of New York City voters. His national "mission" is worth discussing, but in this city, this does not exist, in part because so many people reject Trump's dangerous belief that the president is above the law. Now, the Trump administration tells New Yorkers to apply this logic not only to their president, but to their mayors.
One thing right about the Trump administration is that Adams' legal trouble is distracted work. Back in 2023, when many of his personal aides were caught on the phone, Adams released a key meeting on New York's immigrant population at a key meeting with White House and Congressional leaders. Last week, Kathryn Wylde of the New York Business Advocacy Group Partnership said the controversy had “derailed” many policy objectives.
After the lawsuit was made public, nearly 70% of New Yorkers said Adams should resign. The real civil servants would do this, but Adams was the mayor of our time and seemed to care about serving the public rather than serving himself. A protest official briefly described what she called “Quid Pro Quo” in her own resignation letter: “Improper proposals for immigration law enforcement assistance in exchange for dismissing his case.” (Bove and Adams denied any inappropriate Quid Pro Quo.) Adams not only agreed to be Trump's puppet: he went to the administration and brought his own strings.
Regardless of the judge's decision, there is someone who can do something: Governor Kathy Hochul, who can and should have fired the mayor.
For many non-New Yorkers, the scandal seems like an abstraction—the fire in Los Angeles might feel like you are in Nebraska, or schools in Texas when you’ve been in Maine all the way How the shooting might feel. But what happened in New York is important to all Americans because it is the president’s agenda for law and public consensus. He pardoned the January 6th thug, changed his name to Mount McKinley, and transferred the astonishing proportions of the government to Elon Musk, who now has Eric Adams. In each case, Trump sends a message: I'm responsible, whether you like it or not