NYT Editorial Board: “Mayor Adams Should Resign”

From the New York Times editorial board:

The charges against Mr. Adams are serious, including allegations that he misappropriated more than $10 million in public funds for his 2021 campaign. The mayor will have his day in court and is entitled to make a vigorous defense, but that does not mean he must force New York City to wait for him to prove his innocence under the law. To serve the city that elected him, Mr. Adams should immediately resign and turn City Hall over to someone untainted by criminal charges and endless investigations.

According to a federal grand jury, Mr. Adams accepted more than $100,000 worth of luxury travel benefits from the Turkish government for the better part of a decade, including discount air tickets and free hotel rooms and meals, and then used city resources to hide them from public view. He solicited and received thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from Turkish sources — though foreign donations are prohibited by law — and then conspired to cover his tracks by falsifying the names of the donors.

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Mayor Adams Should Resign – The federal indictment reveals how the city’s leader repeatedly failed in his duty to uphold the public trust. Via @nytimes: https://t.co/ym6nGgBXc5

— Olav Mitchell Underdal (@omunderdal) September 26, 2024