By Jake Offenhartz and Michael R. Sisak
New York (AP) – Four best deputies of the mayor of New York, Eric Adams, resign in the last fallout from the thrust of the Ministry of Justice to end a case of corruption against Adams and ensure its cooperation in the repression of ‘Immigration of President Donald Trump – a good deal that has increased questions on the mayor’s political independence and the ability to lead the city.
In a statement on Monday, Adams confirmed the departures of the first deputy mayor Maria Torres-Springer, deputy mayor of MEERA Joshi, deputy mayor of health and social services Anne Williams-Isom and deputy mayor for public security Chauncey Parker.
“I am disappointed to see them go, but taking into account the current challenges, I understand their decision and I only wish them success in the future,” said Adams, who faces several Challengers of the Democratic Primary in June . “But let me be clear: New York will continue to move forward, just as it does every day.”
The president of the municipal council, Adrienne Adams, became the last democrat to call the mayor to resign, saying that with the deputy mayor, it is clear that he “has now lost the confidence and confidence of his own staff, of his colleagues in government and New Yorkers ”.
President Adams is not linked to the mayor.
Torres-Springer, Joshi and Williams-Isom told agency leaders and staff in a memo they left due to “extraordinary events in recent weeks”.
They have not given a date for their departures, but Adams said they and Parker will remain “for the moment to ensure a transparent transition”.
Adams was faced with a meticulous examination since the secondary commander of the Ministry of Justice ordered Federal Prosecutors of Manhattan last week to drop the mayor’s corruption case. The acting deputy prosecutor, Emil Bove, wrote that the case had “the unduly limited capacity of the mayor Adams to devote attention and resources to illegal immigration and violent crimes”.
This directive approached fire storms in the Ministry of Justice and Political Circles in New York, with seven federal prosecutors who left his protest – including the US interim lawyer from Manhattan – and his Democratic colleagues calling Adams to resign.
Friday, after a week of complaints and resignations, Bove and a pair of officials from the Washington Ministry of Justice intervened and filed documents asking the Federal Judge of Manhattan, Dale E. Ho, to reject the case. Ho has not yet taken action on request.
Adams, a former police captain, pleaded not guilty last September in September in September for accepting more than $ 100,000 of illegal campaign contributions and sumptuous travel advantages of foreign nationals who seek to buy his influence while He was the president of the Brooklyn district to be mayor.
The Ministry of Justice said in his file on Friday that he sought to reject the accusations of Adams for the possibility of resting them later, that criticisms consider a carrot to ensure his compliance with the objectives of the Republican President. In his memo ordering prosecutors to abandon the case, Bove said that the new permanent American lawyer would examine the case after the November elections.
“It seems that President Trump has the mayor hostage,” said Adams ally on Tuesday. “I supported the mayor, but he was placed 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, called Adams to resign. But Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul said she adopted a more deliberative approach.
“The allegations are extremely worrying and serious, but I cannot, because the governor of this state has an instinctive and politically motivated reaction like many other people at the moment,” she said in MSNBC on Thursday. “I have to do it intelligent, which is good and I consult other government leaders at the moment.”
The drama on the Adams legal affair took place on Thursday when the mayor met the Trump Tsar Frontier in New York and announced increased cooperation on the Trump administration efforts to withdraw immigrants, especially in Restore an office for the immigration authorities to the notorious of the city’s island in the city.
In their memo to the staff announcing their outings, Torres-Springer, Joshi and Williams-Isom have written: “Due to the extraordinary events of the past few weeks and to remain faithful to the oaths that we have sworn in New Yorkers and our families, we came to the difficult decision to leave our roles. »»
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