New York sinks a little more into the crisis: the municipal council called on Monday at the “Resignation” of the mayor of the American megalopolis, entangled for several days in a politico-judicial saga against the backdrop of rapprochement with the Trump administration about immigration.
Democratic mayor Eric Adams, UFO in his own camp from which he came from the right wing, is under pressure on two fronts. First a judicial soap opera with corruption proceedings that bounce almost quasi-quota since the government of President Donald Trump has been trying to classify the case. Added to this is a local political crisis, the left wing of the largest American city criticizing its collusion with the new power over the issue of immigration.
On Monday, four influential deputy mayor of New York even more weakened the thread on which the councilor evolves, indicating that they were going to resign.
“These resignations are the culmination of the mayor’s actions and decisions, which have led to months of instability and now compromise the sovereignty of the city”threatened “From Chaos”wrote the president of the New York Municipal Council on Monday in a statement on Monday.
“He must now give priority to the city of New York and New Yorkers, put himself aside and resign”she continued.
Her administration, she still agreed, is no longer able to “Govern effectively with Eric Adams as mayor”.
“Due to the extraordinary events of the past few weeks, and to remain faithful to the oaths that we have lent to New Yorkers and our families, we made the decision difficult to resign from our functions”wrote two of the four resigning assistants in an email to their team, consulted by the New York Times.
” Disappointed “
The mayor of New York Eric Adams in a public megalopolis public biliotheque, January 30, 2025 / Yuki Iwamura / AFP / Archives
The calls for the resignation of the mayor – which categorically excludes him as he rejects the corruption accusations which he has been the subject – have multiplied since the Trump administration has put pressure on justice to save Eric Adams a trial New York in a case of pots-of-vine involving Turkey.
For the past week, these injunctions have led to cascade resignations of at least seven prosecutors in New York and Washington who refuse to comply with the Ministry of Justice.
Number 2 of the ministry and former lawyer for Donald Trump, Emil Bove, had to resolve himself on Friday to transmit himself, formally, the request in order to lift the proceedings with the Manhattan judge in charge of the file. The latter must still validate, or not, the request.
The Ministry of Justice argues in substance that these are politically motivated proceedings and that they prevent Eric Adams from applying in the megalopolis of 8 million inhabitants the policy wanted by Donald Trump in the fight against the illegal immigration.
The mayor’s detractors, who appeared in recent days alongside the “Tsar of borders” Tom Homan – Responsible for the massive expulsion program of immigrants in an irregular situation wanted by Donald Trump -, accuse him of breaking increasingly ostensibly with the progressive tradition of New York.
The Democrat Bastion, which has seen more than 200,000 migrants flow in the last two years, has set up a status of “Sanctuary city” For immigrants, voted by his elected officials and who provides for a limitation of cooperation with the federal police responsible for combating irregular immigration.
However, last week, Eric Adams said he was ready to collaborate more with the central power on this subject, in particular by adding to the federal immigration police of local police officers, the NYPD.
As since his indictment in September, Eric Adams, a former police captain, was still kicked out on Monday after resignations in his entourage.
“I am disappointed to see them go”he just conceded in a press release. “But given the current challenges, I understand their decision. »»
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