New York City Mayor Eric Adams is facing federal charges of bribery, fraud and soliciting a political contribution from a foreign national, according to an indictment that was unsealed on Thursday — a historic circumstance that comes after a months-long investigation.

Early Thursday, federal agents descended upon the mayor’s official residence, Gracie Mansion, member station Gothamistreported, citing law enforcement.

After the indictment was unsealed, Adams maintained his innocence, saying at an outdoor news conference that his legal team would “peruse the entire document.”

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    2 months ago

    When I have one front page that contains both one current New York City mayor being charged with bribery, fraud, and foreign donations and a previous New York City mayor being disbarred for the false Trump election-fraud process, I do have to say that maybe New York City needs to work on selecting itself a cleaner group of leaders.

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      2 months ago

      Just heard some pundits talking about Andrew Cuomo getting ready to swoop in and run if Adams resigns. They’re gonna elect Andrew fucking Cuomo next, probably.

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      2 months ago

      Or it points to our lack of choice since these two private parties both directly and indirectly choose who we’re allowed to vote for.

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        2 months ago

        The NYC mayoral primary election was very competitive with ranked choice voting. Adams barely won.