Four main officials of New York City renounce in the midst of the consequences on the corruption case of Mayor Adams

New York – Four main deputies of the Mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, renounce in the last consequences of the impulse of the Department of Justice to end a case of corruption against Adams and guarantee its cooperation in the repression of immigration of the president Donald Trump, a bargain that has asked questions about the political independence of the mayor and the ability to lead the city.

In a statement on Monday, Adams confirmed the departures of the first mayor Maria Torres-Springer, the Vice Address of the Meera Joshi Operations, the Vice Mayor of Health and Human Services Anne Williams-Isom and the Vicalo of Public Security Chauncy Parker.

“I am disappointed to see them leave, but given the current challenges, I understand their decision and I wish you nothing more than success in the future,” said Adams, who faces several challenges in the June Democratic primaries. “But make me clear: New York City will continue to move forward, just like every day.”

The president of the City Council, Adrienne Adams, became the last Democrat to call the mayor to resign, saying that with the resignations of the mayor, it is clear that “he has now lost the confidence of his own staff, his colleagues in the government and the New Yorkers. “

The Adams speaker is not related to the mayor.

Torres-Springer, Joshi and Williams-Isom told the agency’s chiefs and staff in a memorandum they were dating due to “the extraordinary events of recent weeks.”

They did not give a date for their departures, but Adams said that they and Parker will remain “for the moment to guarantee a perfect transition.”

Adams has faced an increasing scrutiny since the second in command of the Department of Justice ordered federal prosecutors in Manhattan last week to leave the mayor’s corruption case. The interim attached attorney general Emil Bove wrote that the case had “unduly restricted the ability of Mayor Adams to dedicate all the attention and resources to illegal immigration and violent crime.”

That directive disconnected the storms of fire within the Department of Justice and the political circles of New York, With seven federal prosecutors resigning in protest – Including the interim prosecutor of the United States for Manhattan, and democrats who asked Adams to resign.

On Friday, after a week of recriminations and resignations, Bove and a couple of officials of the Washington Department of Justice intervened and presented documents asking the federal judge of Manhattan, Dale E. Ho, to dismiss the case. Ho has not yet taken measures in the application.

Adams, a former police captain, declared himself innocent last September of the positions that he accepted more than $ 100,000 in illegal campaign contributions and luxurious trips of travel from foreign citizens seeking to buy their influence while he was the president of Brooklyn County , campaign to be mayor.

The Department of Justice said in its presentation on Friday that I was trying to dismiss Adams charges With the option to make them again, what critics see as a carrot to guarantee their fulfillment of the objectives of the Republican President. In his memorandum ordering prosecutors to leave the case, Bove said that the new and permanent American lawyer would review the matter after the November elections.

“Certainly it seems that President Trump is delaying the mayor,” the Reverend to Sharpton, an ally of Adams, said Tuesday. “I have supported the mayor, but he has been put in an unfair position, even for him, of essentially political blackmail.”

Political leaders, including Democratic representatives, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez and Nydia Velázquez, and Lieutenant Governor Antonio Delgado, have asked Adams to resign. But Democratic governor Kathy Hochul has said she is adopting a more deliberative approach.

“The accusations are extremely worrisome and serious, but I cannot, since the governor of this state has an instinctive and politically motivated reaction as many other people say at this time,” MSNBC said Thursday. “I have to do it intelligently, the right thing and I am consulting with other leaders in the government at this time.”

The drama about the legal case of ADAMS was developed when the mayor met with Trump’s border tsar in New York on Thursday and announced greater cooperation in the efforts of the Trump administration to eliminate immigrants, including the restoration of an office For immigration authorities in the notorious Rikers Island prison in the city.

In their memorandum to staff announcing their exits, Torres-Springer, Joshi and Williams-Isom wrote: “Due to the extraordinary events of recent weeks and to keep us faithful to the oaths that we swear in New Yorkers and our families, we have come to the Difficult decision to give up our roles. “