Updated: 02/20/2025 08:38 PM EST
NEW YORK — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul unveiled guardrails Thursday hemming in Mayor Eric Adams in light of his alliance with President Donald Trump and Trump’s leverage over Adams.
The governor, facing pressure to remove the mayor, is proposing a series of oversight measures she said are meant to prevent undue influence by the White House. She revealed the proposals — which were reported by POLITICO earlier in the day — at her Manhattan office.
She said her priority is “to stabilize the city and restore calm” while ensuring government services continue apace, and “to make sure our leaders are operating only with the city’s best interest in mind, unimpeded by any legal agreements with the Trump Justice Department.”…