NYC Mayor Adams facing make-or-break weekend as calls mount for him to step down or be ousted over Trump ties
By Craig McCarthy,
Vaughn Golden,
Larry Celona and
Emily Crane
Published Feb. 14, 2025, 4:50 p.m. ET
It could be a make-or-break weekend for Mayor Eric Adams as calls mount for him to resign and Gov. Kathy Hochul faces pressure to oust him for being beholden to President Trump after the Justice Department quashed his criminal case.
The pressure cooker situation comes in a week where Hizzoner has become increasingly isolated from once-loyal allies — with some turning against an embattled Adams and others wrestling with the choice to continue to back the second black leader of the Big Apple, sources said.
Hochul is said to have already started having behind-the-scenes conversations on booting Adams from City Hall, a source told The Post after the governor earlier confirmed she was consulting state officials about his future.
The Rev. Al Sharpton, too, was convening a meeting of top black elected officials in New York City and the state over the weekend to weigh their next move.
“Now he’s damaged goods so [black leaders are] not going to spend political capital on him, but they are still torn because he’s the second black mayor,” one Democratic pundit said.
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