During an unrelated Thursday news conference, the speaker she and other city officials are not considering convening what is known in the City Charter as an
City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams on Thursday said city officials are currently “not looking” at forming a panel that could boot Mayor Eric Adams from office in the aftermath of his
“I think that it’s important to note the historical perspective of an Inability Committee,” the speaker said. “The word inability, I believe, was chosen because of that very fact, of the mayor being unable, physically unable, to fulfill his role. That is not what we have in this instance. So, at the time, we are not looking at enacting an Inability Committee, primarily because of the historical perspective of why it was created.
The committee would include the speaker, the city Comptroller, the corporation counsel, a deputy mayor—to be chosen by the mayor—and the longest-serving of the five borough presidents. However, there is currently only an interim corporation counsel—Muriel Goode-Trufant—and no permanent one. The post has not yet been filled since its last occupant, Sylvia Hinds-Radix, resigned in June.
Once established, the committee must then vote — by a four out of five majority — to form a panel consisting of the 51-member City Council. The city legislature would then hold its own vote on whether the mayor is temporarily or permanently unable to discharge their duties.The speaker’s comments come as Gov. Kathy Hochul, who also has the power to remove Adams from office under a different mechanism, has beento enact a slew of staffing changes to the upper ranks of his administration.
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