Democracy Now! | NYC Mayor Eric Adams Indicted as Calls Grow for Him to Resign Amid Federal Corruption Probes @DemocracyNow | Uploaded September 2024 | Updated October 2024, 18 hours ago.
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams faces mounting pressure to resign after becoming the city's first sitting mayor to be indicted on federal charges. The indictment remains sealed as of Thursday morning at the time we went to air, but _The New York Times_ reports the federal investigation has focused at least in part on whether Adams took illegal campaign donations from the Turkish government. Many of Adams's top aides are also facing federal investigations. "New Yorkers deserve better. We need somebody who can take this job seriously, … and he can no longer do that," says New City Councilmember Tiffany Cabán, a Democratic Socialist and former public defender who first called on Adams to resign last week. We also speak with journalist Ross Barkan, who says the city is "in uncharted waters" and predicts Adams "will stay in office as long as he possibly can."
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams faces mounting pressure to resign after becoming the city's first sitting mayor to be indicted on federal charges. The indictment remains sealed as of Thursday morning at the time we went to air, but _The New York Times_ reports the federal investigation has focused at least in part on whether Adams took illegal campaign donations from the Turkish government. Many of Adams's top aides are also facing federal investigations. "New Yorkers deserve better. We need somebody who can take this job seriously, … and he can no longer do that," says New City Councilmember Tiffany Cabán, a Democratic Socialist and former public defender who first called on Adams to resign last week. We also speak with journalist Ross Barkan, who says the city is "in uncharted waters" and predicts Adams "will stay in office as long as he possibly can."
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