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4 Top Officials to Resign Over Adams’s Cooperation With Trump [1]

['William K. Rashbaum', 'Dana Rubinstein', 'Emma G. Fitzsimmons']

Date: 2025-02-17

Four top New York City officials said they would resign after the Justice Department moved to dismiss Mayor Eric Adams’s corruption case in apparent exchange for his help with President Trump’s deportation agenda.

The four officials — Maria Torres-Springer, the first deputy mayor, and Meera Joshi, Anne Williams-Isom and Chauncey Parker, all also deputy mayors — oversee much of New York City government, and their departure is poised to blow a devastating hole in the already wounded administration of Mayor Eric Adams.

Increasingly, the deputy mayors felt that they were not merely working for an indicted mayor, but for someone whose personal interests risked outweighing the interests of New Yorkers, according to a person briefed on the matter. They found this untenable, the person said.

Three of the deputies told their staff members of their decisions in emails on Monday. They are expected to leave in coming weeks.

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[1] Url: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/nyregion/adams-deputy-mayors-resign-trump-immigration.html

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