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Paleo's avatar

Judge Ho orders Eric Adams & DOJ officials to show up in court tomorrow to explain the dismissal of the bribery charges.

“The parties shall be prepared to address, inter alia, the reasons for the Government's motion, the scope and effect of Mayor Adams's "consent” …”

Should be an interesting hearing. Meanwhile:

In a new statement tonight, Governor Kathy Hochul suggests she is seriously considering removing Mayor Eric Adams over the alleged “quid pro quo” with the Trump administration to drop charges against him:

“In the 235 years of New York State history, these powers have never been utilized to remove a duly-elected mayor… That said, the alleged conduct at City Hall that has been reported over the past two weeks is troubling and cannot be ignored. Tomorrow, I have asked key leaders to meet me at my Manhattan office for a conversation about the path forward.”

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Henrik's avatar

Was just coming to note this myself - the fact that this has already escalated to where somebody as cautious and conservative as Hochul is openly admitting she’s mulling removal is pretty remarkable

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Tigercourse's avatar

The thing that will make it easier for her to pull the trigger and remove him is more resignations from his staff. She has to contend with blowback from AA's in the city and the more untenable his position becomes, the easier it is to remove him.

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Henrik's avatar

Clergy leaders have allegedly told her they have her back, though the biggest fish - Sharpton - wants to wait and see how Ho’s hearing shakes out

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Paleo's avatar

His replacement is black.

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Tigercourse's avatar

I know, but they still wouldn't be too happy by someone being quick to chuck him out, just because there is another AA in the pipeline. The replacement is no great shakes either. Man, NYC...

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Avedee Eikew's avatar

Is there still significant support from that community after all of the debasement? Seems like a drip drip drip of embarrassments more than a rush.

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James Trout's avatar

Let's not pretend though that Adams being African American will automatically guarantee him support from the African American community. If simply being African American were enough Al Sharpton would have dominated African Americans in the 2004 Democratic Presidential Primary the way Jesse Jackson did in the 1984 and 1988 primaries and Artur Davis would have won the 2010 Democratic nomination for Governor of Alabama.

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Zero Cool's avatar

True!

Jesse Jackson by contrast to Al Sharpton ran a more robust presidential campaign.

Sharpton to my understanding mainly ran in 2004 to raise awareness about issues facing the black community that haven’t been addressed. He even talked about reparations back then.

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Toiler On the Sea's avatar

Adams really still has significant establishment AA support in NYC?

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Ben F.'s avatar

Does the NY Governor have powers to remove a mayor from office? If so it's something I've really been unaware of.

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Paleo's avatar

Yes.

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