Embattled Mayor Eric Adams answers questions about his administration
First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright will resign as soon as Friday, The Post has learned — the latest high-level exit from Mayor Eric Adams ’ increasingly troubled administration.
Adams administration officials are mulling over three replacements for Wright, who serves as Hizzoner’s right-hand deputy mayor, one source said.NYC taxpayers footing $600-an-hour legal bills for three City Hall staffers amid federal probes The potential replacements include: Anthony Shorris, a veteran of former Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration who previously served as first deputy mayor; Deputy Mayor Maria Torres-Springer, who leads Adams’ housing efforts; and Camille Joseph Varlack, the mayor’s chief of staff.The back-to-back exits of newlyweds Wright and Banks follow Adams becoming the first sitting mayor in New York City history to face federal criminal charges.
Wright, as first deputy mayor, oversaw the city’s budget and finance offices as well as its recruiting and hiring agency, the Department of Citywide Administrative Service and the policy arm of the administration, the Office of Policy & Planning.
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