Eric Adams may avoid a criminal jury in his federal corruption case, but he could still face a harsh judgment from the voters who helped propel him to office.
In the wake of news that the Department of Justice was looking to dismiss bribery and corruption charges against the mayor, Gothamist conducted more than a dozen interviews this week in some of the central Brooklyn and southeast Queens neighborhoods that backed Adams by large margins in the 2021 Democratic primary. Voters largely said they were unhappy with Adams’ performance in City Hall. And while accusations of corruption were not helping his standing, his stewardship as mayor was also fueling their discontent.
“ I think that this city is a mess,” said Lisa Green, who lives in South Jamaica and noted Adams’ charges would not affect how she ends up voting this year. “There’s a lot of corruption in this country, especially in this city. So the vote wouldn’t go on based on the case that he has against him at all.” She pointed to immigration and transit safety as two areas in which the mayor needed to improve…