Is Eric Adams Impervious to Scandal?

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🗓️ 18 September 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Last week, New York City’s police commissioner, Edward Caban, resigned after a federal corruption probe. Shortly after, Mayor Eric Adams’s chief legal adviser also stepped down. But, despite the scandals, Adams remains in contention for reëlection in 2025. “The job of Mayor of New York is a big job,” Eric Lach says. “But it’s also attached to a political system that is insular and small.”

Tyler Foggatt sits down with the New Yorker staff writer Eric Lach to parse the scandals and to preview the upcoming mayoral election.

This week’s reading:

“Could Eric Adams Lose Next Year?” by Eric Lach
“What Kind of Trouble Is Eric Adams In?” by Eric Lach

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0:37.8	from the New Yorker. Three years ago, Eric Adams was a rising Democratic star on the brink of
0:49.4	being elected New York City Mayor. I believe in this city. I love this city and the people of this
0:54.8	city they know me and most importantly I know them. But now that he's in office
1:00.0	Mayor Adams is teetering on persona non-Grata within his own party as his administration
1:05.8	is hit by wave after wave of political scandal.
1:09.1	The investigation, which has been going on for nearly nine months is looking into potential corruption
1:14.8	including whether Adams campaign illegally received foreign donations from the
1:19.6	Turkish government.
1:20.8	Agents sees the mayor's iPhones and also an iPad in what appeared to be part of the probe.
1:26.6	We're talking about a massive operation here.
1:28.8	The FBI raiding the homes of least five people in Mayor Eric Adams administration,
1:33.2	including two of his deputy mayors, the school's chancellor,
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