New York Comptroller asking Adams to provide a plan amid the instability of the City Council

The Comptroller of New York City, Brad Lander (D), called the mayor on Monday Eric Adams To demonstrate that the city can still govern in the midst of the calls for resignation after the Department of Justice withdrew the charges of bribery against him and four attached mayors presented his intention to resign.

In a letter to Adams, Lander said that the possible resignations of attached mayors could “create an unprecedented leadership vacuum at the highest levels of the city government and cause ravages in the city’s ability to provide essential services to New Yorkers“

“Given the seriousness of this situation and the chaos that has unleashed among New Yorkers, I formally request that your office develops and present a detailed contingency plan that describes how it intends to administer the city of New York during this period of leadership transition period ” He wrote.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams says he will apply for re -election as a Democrat

The mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, leaves Thurgood Marshall in the United States court in New York City on Friday, November 1, 2024. Adams’ lawyers seek to have a bribery charge, one of The five federal corruption charges that have appeared against the mayor, abandoned. (Adam Gray for Fox News Digital)

“Specifically, provide an immediate confirmation of your plan to appoint the interim deputies and key management personnel, together with an anticipated timeline to stabilize the administration, no later than Friday, February 21, 2025,” Lander added.

If Adams does not provide a plan, Lander said he would seek to convene a meeting of the Inability Committee. Fox News Digital has communicated with the Adams office.

In a letter last week to the Attorney General Pam Bondi, acting US Prosecutor. Danielle Sassoon said the Trump administration gave Adams special treatment after receiving a memorandum written by the attached attorney general Emil Bove who directed the case against the mayor who will withdraw.

Instead of carrying out the directive, Sassoon and several others resigned. Adams was accused last year of bribery, requesting campaign contributions from foreign citizens, electronic fraud and conspiracy. He declared himself innocent of all the charges.

The Mayor of New York, Eric Adams, promises

The former American prosecutor Danielle Sassoon is represented in an official portrait without date. (Reuters)

Critics say that Adams has returned with the Trump administrationAnd it was offered to cooperate in the repression of illegal immigration of Trump in an effort to obtain forgiveness.

“These resignations come following the actions deeply related to the actions of the Department of Justice of the United States, asking the United States District Court to leave the accusations against them, provided that it complies with the White House on matters of matters of Immigration and criminal justice policy, which they call asked their ability to continue fulfilling their duties to New York under the letter of the city, “Lander wrote in his letter.

Sunday, Adams They told the parishioners In Queens he is refusing to resign.

The Mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, has rejected the calls to resign after the Department of Justice dropped a case of bribery against him. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

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“I have the mission of finishing, the mission that God put me many years ago,” Adams said, adding that “God has fortified me.”

Adams told “Fox & Friends” in an interview on Friday that he plans to run for re -election as a Democrat.