Hochul Won’t Remove NYC Mayor Adams, But Wants Guardrails on His Admin
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said she won’t remove New York City Mayor Eric Adams from office but wants more state supervision.
The Democrats started freaking out because Adams supposedly entered a “quid pro quo” agreement with President Donald Trump’s DOJ to drop the corruption case against him if he cooperates with the administration to enforce immigration laws.
“This is an opportunity to install safeguards that we need to have in place to give people confidence that there’s only one factor in every decision that’s made, and that’s what’s best for the people of the city,” Hochul said during her press conference.
“My strong belief is that the will of the voters and the supremacy and sanctity of democratic elections preclude me from any other action,” Hochul stated at a press conference. “I cannot deny the people of this great city the power to make this decision for themselves.””I understand the outrage and the sense of betrayal many New Yorkers feel,” she said. “But those who argue to ‘just go and remove him’ fail to appreciate that there is a process involved.”
Hochul suggested creating a Special Inspector General for New York City in the State Inspector General’s office.
The inspector “would oversee the city’s Department of Investigations and ensure independent probes into government activity.”
Hochul wants the state to “create a pot of money to allow the city’s comptroller, public advocate and City Council speaker to hire outside counsel to sue the Trump administration if the mayor is unwilling.”
Why is that?
Orange Man Bad:
“This ensures that if the Trump administration tries to exert control over New York, we have the power to fight back,” she said.She will also allocate additional funds to the state comptroller to scrutinize city finances.The governor also wants a new rule barring the mayor from firing the head of the city’s Department of Investigation without state inspector general approval.Hochul framed the measures as a direct response to what she called the “Trump revenge tour,” accusing the former president of attempting to punish New York following his felony convictions.
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