New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called on New York City Mayor Eric Adams to resign in a post on social media Wednesday.
Adams has not been accused of any wrongdoing and has said he will not resign from office. The mayor said he is focused on doing his job leading the nation's largest cityNew York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called on New York City Mayor Eric Adams to resign in a post on social media Wednesday amid multiple federal investigations that have touched members of his administration and a handful of high-profile resignations..
Among the questions: Did the mayor or the campaign's defense attorneys go to the Justice Department to try to explain why criminal charges are not warranted. The mayor did not directly respond to that question on Tuesday. NBC New York's Jonathan Dienst reports."We're going to continue to fight on behalf of New Yorkers... I'm stepping up, not stepping down. I have a city to run that I will continue to run," Adams said at a media availability on Sept. 24.
A handful of Adams’ longtime political critics have called on him to leave office, but top Democrats in the state have largely been silent about the criminal investigations, or generally supportive of the mayor. Speaking to reporters Wednesday morning, the top Democrat in the House, U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, of New York, said he believed Adams was “working as hard as he can to be the best mayor possible.”
“We need Eric Adams to be successful as mayor because he is the mayor at this moment in time,” Jeffries said.
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