The City reports:
Despite several members of his inner circle heading for the door, Mayor Eric Adams at his weekly Tuesday media briefing insisted it’s business as usual for his administration and the rapid-fire resignations have nothing to do with swirling federal investigations.
“People wanted to go on with their lives and, working in government — it’s hard. I think David [Banks] said it best — ‘I ran out of gas,’” Adams said. “Especially when you bring everything you got to the job.”
The mayor repeatedly noted that there are hundreds of thousands of municipal employees, making the exodus from City Hall small in comparison. But in the past few days at least seven high-level staffers have left the administration.
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