I thought this said resigned the first time I read it and I was very confused because resigning in disgrace is pretty much the only thing he didn’t do.
The governor removing an elected official via a vague and untested process would’ve resulted in a temporary injunction to keep Adams in office, the burning of a lot of Hochul’s political capital, and transforming Adams into a martyr.
Wait it would have burned political capital to remove an unpopular corrupt mayor? How? This sounds like apologea for fecklessness. We have a serious corruption problem in this country in case you haven’t noticed and not taking action against a clear example of it contributes to that and sours an already cynical public even further.
I doubt that. The constitution is clear that the governor has this power even though it’s unused. And she didn’t even try. Nobody could fault her if she dismissed an unpopular mayor and a court held it up for hearings.
He's going to Turkey. But I do wonder if he'll get the same treatment once he's no longer a useful idiot political tool. I still have no idea what they needed him for, but I can't imagine they'll be splurging on free first class and luxury accommodation for much longer.
Adams is right about one thing -- his brand of corruption was not only allowed, but basically required, to come up through the Democratic machine in NYC, and he's only now being punished for it. De Blasio was an anomaly in that he was mostly clean before becoming mayor. Adams continues to see the things he did as normal and not a big deal, and the attempts to bring him to justice as unfair.
He's a relic of the past. With social media, where anybody has the ability to go viral with their news, and increased awareness on the inner workings of City Hall by the average person, that patronage, quid-pro-quo style of governing is punished.
If Mamdani does half the shit Adams did, he'll be eaten alive too and won't make it past 2029.
Correct take. Eric Adams is definitely an old school crook and surrounded himself with old school crooks. Just for one example when he was "considering dropping out" of the mayor's race he convened a group of advisors.
He just BARELY avoided getting prosecuted by Preet Bharara when he was sweeping through Albany about 10-15 years ago and ended up indicted almost all of his closest allies in the state Senate. I believe he was even named as an unindicted co-conspirator and pretty much only avoided jail because he was somehow smart enough to leave Albany to be Borough president in 2013 which was basically perfect timing.
What’s bonkers is I was present at the NYC anti corruption gala in early 2022 (not invited in to the pavilion, observing all the guests from the hallway) and Bahrara was one of the keynote speakers… Adams was there to do an introductory speech when it was already 100% abundant how fucking corrupt the guy is.
I was just imagining a room full of Cop’s cops eye-rolling at his bullshit.
Observed a few dozen folks where my immediate reaction was “holy shit does this person outwardly exude relentless pursuit, I’m super glad I’m not in their crosshairs for any reason, whatsoever…”
Adams has zero self awareness. That was my big takeaway.
I refuse to believe that. Crooks always fall to the defense that everyone else is as crooked as they are; shoplifters claim everyone shoplifts etc. Adams was elected mayor by the general public in a free and fair election against a crowded field; this isn’t the 1800s where the party leaders in a back room pick their politician. The Democratic Party of today is nothing like that of Boss Tweed.
Maybe I wasn't clear, but I do not mean to say that the machine made Adams the mayor in 2021, and definitely didn't claim the election was rigged. I'm only talking about the style of politics and what was "normal" as Adams came up through the system long before 2021.
But you also downplay the power of the machine at the lower levels. While there's no Boss Tweed directly picking the nominees, the county Democratic organizations come with the donor networks and union connections (and therefore their endorsement and get-out-the-vote efforts), which made all the difference in low-turnout primaries for low-level offices. It wasn't impossible to win without the blessing of the machine (and they're slowly becoming irrelevant), but for all practical purposes they were the kingmakers.
Mamdani doesn’t need the old school corrupt tactics that Eric Adams relied on. His Super PACs coordinate and he gets proxy support from SJP/WOL/PYM (look into their really shady fiscal sponsors and sham charities) as a replacement for what used to require potato chip bags. He’s a millenial politician.
I said something like this a while back about NYC and Chicago. Both cities were built and still runs on this type of Corruption. It’s nothing new. Mandani is no different. Many have pointed out how much he has changed already since election.
In no defence of Adams, but to the machine you talk about. It's telling who “the machine” goes after, and not. With debalaio, and extension his then wife, ran nyc well. Which I believe completely lost 1 billion? Nothing was done. Quite frankly, I feel its the reason they are separated, but still legally married. Divorce would open roads of Disclosure, whereas together, both covered by various privileges.
Sure, sorry about that. Tired to clean it up. Hope my point comes through better now. However if not. OP in their comment stated how corruption is how things are in the demoract machine. I'd expand to say political machine. My point was to say who the political machine goes after and not, is also corrupt. I used the example of debalsio having 1 billion, creating nyc well, unspoken for. Nothing was done. Then went on to say, it's my opinion that while separated, they have not divorced to shield both of them, as divorce might open pathways for disclosure from Ms Mccray who ran nyc well.
The machine doesn't go after anybody, the legal system does. The machine did traditionally punish people who did not play along by preventing their rise in politics (or not allowing them to get started in the first place) and effectively ending their careers. But times have changed.
With the billion dollars in ThriveNYC, every indication is that it was horribly mismanaged but there's no evidence that De Blasio, his wife, or anyone outright stole the money or did anything criminal with it.
It wasn't a billion dollars given to any specific entity to do as they wished, it was spent on many thousands of small contracts as well as expanding the budgets of many city agencies. The problem was that the money wasn't tied to any specific program outcomes, so we can't prove any effect it may or may not have had, or that it was spent on mental health initiatives instead of, say, new computers for the whole office.
I disagree. Take a look at all the corruption Adams had, the posted article is great. Now, if all corruption and lack of transparency is ( correctly) seen as corruption, why not a program who's funds can't be spoken for. Adams staff, with positions of power no-one knew what they did stepped down. Yet a program funded and no proof, little actual payments to helping mental health isnt seen the same way?
As far as the political machine. I'd think how one admin can bring charges, and another can drop them is proof alone of political machines able to go after who they want, and don't. It's corruption within itself, but proof nonetheless. It happens with feds, and with the city
As far as the political machine. I'd think how one admin can bring charges, and another can drop them is proof alone of political machines able to go after who they want, and don't. It's corruption within itself, but proof nonetheless. It happens with feds, and with the city
I'm not sure what you mean by this, but it reads as if you still believe the machine brings legal charges against politicians. The "machine" I'm referring to is the five county Democrat organizations who historically had the power to pick the Democratic nominees for political offices in NYC. They do not bring legal charges against anybody and have nothing to do with what De Blasio did or didn't do with ThriveNYC.
With the billion dollars in ThriveNYC, every indication is that it was horribly mismanaged but there's no evidence that De Blasio, his wife, or anyone outright stole the money or did anything criminal with it.
What each have in common is questions to where the money went. At times mccray not knowing, or no proof. It's strange to excuse this, or down play while I assume also preplexted at Adams own corruption, lack of transparency.
Diblasio went to Iowa to run for president with a full tax payer funded nypd security detail , his campaign still hasn’t paid that court ordered money back !!!
DeBilsio was a grifter lining his and his wife's pockets throughout his run.
This isn't a thing. Don't confuse the very bland brand of government messy and wasteful spending with theft. You think the de Blasio's literally stole NYC funds to put in a secret bank account? Lol.
Bloomberg? Clean ? What Trump tried to do on January 6th 2021 with violence, Bloomberg was able to get an illegal 3rd term by bribing with simple promised influence to almost the entire city council including its president Christine Quinn. She wanted to run for mayor in 2008 but he promised her the win in 2012. She was a sucker and believed him :( She then lost to big bird DiBlasio in 2012 when the city got tired of Bloomberg’s awful third term. She hasn’t been heard from since.
Really, De Blasio and his administration was more corrupt than any other. How him and others weren’t charged with anything is mind boggling. Then Mandani goes and hire those same corrupted individuals from Dumb Blasio to his team.
Why not just say "non white person" or whatever slur you actually want to say? Because elected officials aren't "hires" and you're clearly just a racist.
he was hired by the people of nyc that hired him! he was only hired bc of his skin color! once he failed and became corrupt like all the other politicians the woke mob turned on him! watch how fast they will turn on this new guy who they hired!
I read the thing from top to bottom. They didn’t they still didn’t specify the exact charges. And it looks like nobody here can actually verbalize them either.
The indictment itself is found within seconds on Google if you want more detail.
I'm not answering it because I know it's not a good faith question -- it's bait designed to end in an argument about how legitimate you think the charges were.
Sounds like you can’t actually list it out.
In fact, those charges were dismissed in 2025. Before he was elected, and before he spoke up about the OVERflow of illegals immigrants mopping up taxpayer dollars that should’ve rightfully gone to New York City’s school systems (which experienced a budget cuts between 2020 and 2024) and inner cities—the New York Times in 2020 highlighted that he was involved in approving a quid pro quo transaction in giving a construction permit in a Brooklyn zone were building had a height limit— yet the building he was involved in, went well above the height limit.
Maybe you should actually do your homework, transplant. Instead of hollering and crying.
I thought this said resigned the first time I read it and I was very confused because resigning in disgrace is pretty much the only thing he didn’t do.
I thought it said "resigned", too
Same.
Yep, had to do a double take
Yeah same. That would be quite the Hollywood ending if he resigned days before leaving office.
The most reasonable thing to think is that he got a job yesterday and has already been forced to resign in disgrace.
Same
He was largely protected by a corrupt DOJ and a WH directing the SDNY to stand down
Don't forget our governor refusing to act!
The governor removing an elected official via a vague and untested process would’ve resulted in a temporary injunction to keep Adams in office, the burning of a lot of Hochul’s political capital, and transforming Adams into a martyr.
Wait it would have burned political capital to remove an unpopular corrupt mayor? How? This sounds like apologea for fecklessness. We have a serious corruption problem in this country in case you haven’t noticed and not taking action against a clear example of it contributes to that and sours an already cynical public even further.
I doubt that. The constitution is clear that the governor has this power even though it’s unused. And she didn’t even try. Nobody could fault her if she dismissed an unpopular mayor and a court held it up for hearings.
Lol yeah im sure nobody would fault her
NY Post would have written a 3 page piece commending her political acumen.
For some perspective, the entire Adams corruption stuff could fit in one week of the white house scandals
If I've learned anything from the last 10 years it's that scandals, shame, and disgrace don't matter
And it’s going to end the same. He’s going to flee to another country to avoid prosecution.
And he'll sign a nice cushy fox news deal to video call in to be a "notable former democrat" that shits on dems while talking Trump up.
He's going to Turkey. But I do wonder if he'll get the same treatment once he's no longer a useful idiot political tool. I still have no idea what they needed him for, but I can't imagine they'll be splurging on free first class and luxury accommodation for much longer.
Adams is right about one thing -- his brand of corruption was not only allowed, but basically required, to come up through the Democratic machine in NYC, and he's only now being punished for it. De Blasio was an anomaly in that he was mostly clean before becoming mayor. Adams continues to see the things he did as normal and not a big deal, and the attempts to bring him to justice as unfair.
He's a relic of the past. With social media, where anybody has the ability to go viral with their news, and increased awareness on the inner workings of City Hall by the average person, that patronage, quid-pro-quo style of governing is punished.
If Mamdani does half the shit Adams did, he'll be eaten alive too and won't make it past 2029.
Correct take. Eric Adams is definitely an old school crook and surrounded himself with old school crooks. Just for one example when he was "considering dropping out" of the mayor's race he convened a group of advisors.
Is Mayor Adams dropping out of NYC's mayor race? He’s ‘not going into private conversations.’
Every single one a fucking felon convicted for what they did in public office.
He just BARELY avoided getting prosecuted by Preet Bharara when he was sweeping through Albany about 10-15 years ago and ended up indicted almost all of his closest allies in the state Senate. I believe he was even named as an unindicted co-conspirator and pretty much only avoided jail because he was somehow smart enough to leave Albany to be Borough president in 2013 which was basically perfect timing.
What’s bonkers is I was present at the NYC anti corruption gala in early 2022 (not invited in to the pavilion, observing all the guests from the hallway) and Bahrara was one of the keynote speakers… Adams was there to do an introductory speech when it was already 100% abundant how fucking corrupt the guy is.
I was just imagining a room full of Cop’s cops eye-rolling at his bullshit.
Observed a few dozen folks where my immediate reaction was “holy shit does this person outwardly exude relentless pursuit, I’m super glad I’m not in their crosshairs for any reason, whatsoever…”
Adams has zero self awareness. That was my big takeaway.
What a disappointment Preet Bharara turned out to be.
Getting fired by Trump didn't help but he never bothered to do anything useful afterwards either.
On a positive note..he really united a rainbow coalition of NYC grifters for his run.
The most diverse team of criminals ever ascended.
The Chinese, The Turks, The Albanians...the Brooklyn born and breed....etc
Truly the wackiest bunch he could assemble. The Chinese I could understand, but the Turks and Albanians? Was this guy an HRE noble in a past life?
I refuse to believe that. Crooks always fall to the defense that everyone else is as crooked as they are; shoplifters claim everyone shoplifts etc. Adams was elected mayor by the general public in a free and fair election against a crowded field; this isn’t the 1800s where the party leaders in a back room pick their politician. The Democratic Party of today is nothing like that of Boss Tweed.
Maybe I wasn't clear, but I do not mean to say that the machine made Adams the mayor in 2021, and definitely didn't claim the election was rigged. I'm only talking about the style of politics and what was "normal" as Adams came up through the system long before 2021.
But you also downplay the power of the machine at the lower levels. While there's no Boss Tweed directly picking the nominees, the county Democratic organizations come with the donor networks and union connections (and therefore their endorsement and get-out-the-vote efforts), which made all the difference in low-turnout primaries for low-level offices. It wasn't impossible to win without the blessing of the machine (and they're slowly becoming irrelevant), but for all practical purposes they were the kingmakers.
Mamdani doesn’t need the old school corrupt tactics that Eric Adams relied on. His Super PACs coordinate and he gets proxy support from SJP/WOL/PYM (look into their really shady fiscal sponsors and sham charities) as a replacement for what used to require potato chip bags. He’s a millenial politician.
I said something like this a while back about NYC and Chicago. Both cities were built and still runs on this type of Corruption. It’s nothing new. Mandani is no different. Many have pointed out how much he has changed already since election.
In no defence of Adams, but to the machine you talk about. It's telling who “the machine” goes after, and not. With debalaio, and extension his then wife, ran nyc well. Which I believe completely lost 1 billion? Nothing was done. Quite frankly, I feel its the reason they are separated, but still legally married. Divorce would open roads of Disclosure, whereas together, both covered by various privileges.
I'm sorry I don't mean to be a dick but I'm having trouble understanding your post. Grammar and sentence structure are not standard.
The "The DeBlasio family stole a billion dollars" people aren't exactly known for having clear strings of thought.
Sure, sorry about that. Tired to clean it up. Hope my point comes through better now. However if not. OP in their comment stated how corruption is how things are in the demoract machine. I'd expand to say political machine. My point was to say who the political machine goes after and not, is also corrupt. I used the example of debalsio having 1 billion, creating nyc well, unspoken for. Nothing was done. Then went on to say, it's my opinion that while separated, they have not divorced to shield both of them, as divorce might open pathways for disclosure from Ms Mccray who ran nyc well.
And it was Dean Fuleihan (Mamdani’s Deputy Mayor-elect) who oversaw the budget for the ThriveNYC debacle.
The machine doesn't go after anybody, the legal system does. The machine did traditionally punish people who did not play along by preventing their rise in politics (or not allowing them to get started in the first place) and effectively ending their careers. But times have changed.
With the billion dollars in ThriveNYC, every indication is that it was horribly mismanaged but there's no evidence that De Blasio, his wife, or anyone outright stole the money or did anything criminal with it.
It wasn't a billion dollars given to any specific entity to do as they wished, it was spent on many thousands of small contracts as well as expanding the budgets of many city agencies. The problem was that the money wasn't tied to any specific program outcomes, so we can't prove any effect it may or may not have had, or that it was spent on mental health initiatives instead of, say, new computers for the whole office.
I disagree. Take a look at all the corruption Adams had, the posted article is great. Now, if all corruption and lack of transparency is ( correctly) seen as corruption, why not a program who's funds can't be spoken for. Adams staff, with positions of power no-one knew what they did stepped down. Yet a program funded and no proof, little actual payments to helping mental health isnt seen the same way? As far as the political machine. I'd think how one admin can bring charges, and another can drop them is proof alone of political machines able to go after who they want, and don't. It's corruption within itself, but proof nonetheless. It happens with feds, and with the city
I'm not sure what you mean by this, but it reads as if you still believe the machine brings legal charges against politicians. The "machine" I'm referring to is the five county Democrat organizations who historically had the power to pick the Democratic nominees for political offices in NYC. They do not bring legal charges against anybody and have nothing to do with what De Blasio did or didn't do with ThriveNYC.
And the guy who was directly responsible for managing the budget for it will now be Deputy Mayor. It’s going to be great.
Nobody lost $1 billion. I encourage you to look more deeply into that.
Sure, here a earlier reddit post here about it. Where most felt thisneas a problem.
https://www.reddit.com/r/nyc/s/LtxTwHOT81
There's a times article that talks about how only 10 percent went to helping with mental health, other money can't be traced.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/22/nyregion/thrivenyc-mental-health-.html
There's an evaluation from manhattan institute
https://manhattan.institute/article/theres-too-much-money-in-chirlane-mccrays-hands
Real clear politics
https://www.realclearpolicy.com/articles/2021/10/15/of_1b_missing_from_nyc_mental_health_program__some_went_to_unused_diversion_centers_798162.html
From the right wing of news here ls a report from Town hall
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/12/29/where-did-the-money-go-fmr-nyc-mayor-bill-deblasios-wife-has-some-explaining-to-do-n2649726
What each have in common is questions to where the money went. At times mccray not knowing, or no proof. It's strange to excuse this, or down play while I assume also preplexted at Adams own corruption, lack of transparency.
Not seen since, doesn't mean not existing since.
"Not seen since Boss Tweed"?? Hoo hah! Someone seems never to have heard of, say, Jimmy Walker.
Jimmy Walker - Wikipedia
Suggested reading: the Jimmy Walker chapter of The Power Broker.
maybe in our lifetime there will be a Gangs of New York remake starring Eric Adams and Ingrid Lewis-Martin
At least Tammany hall was effective
I would argue it was a reign not 'Called Out' since boss tweed. DeBilsio was a grifter lining his and his wife's pockets throughout his run.
Diblasio went to Iowa to run for president with a full tax payer funded nypd security detail , his campaign still hasn’t paid that court ordered money back !!!
He's paying it back right now in installments. Took 4 years for the DOI to do it.
This isn't a thing. Don't confuse the very bland brand of government messy and wasteful spending with theft. You think the de Blasio's literally stole NYC funds to put in a secret bank account? Lol.
DeBlasio had his share too. We have t had many scandal free administrations. Bloomberg was probably the cleanest.
That title probably goes to Ed Koch. A genuinely good person, albeit a pretty bad mayor in a real shitty NYC at the time.
I would give Abe Beame the worst mayor award with Dinkins as runner up.
Bloomberg? Clean ? What Trump tried to do on January 6th 2021 with violence, Bloomberg was able to get an illegal 3rd term by bribing with simple promised influence to almost the entire city council including its president Christine Quinn. She wanted to run for mayor in 2008 but he promised her the win in 2012. She was a sucker and believed him :( She then lost to big bird DiBlasio in 2012 when the city got tired of Bloomberg’s awful third term. She hasn’t been heard from since.
Knew this guy was a clown from word "go".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwMMns025os
Sadly thanks to interference from Washington, D.C. Adams largely will have gotten away with it.
Most corrupt mayor since Jimmy Walker
not from nyc - is anything actually going to happen to adams? is he avoiding serious trouble because he is mayor?
Eric Adams was a great Mayor. His Legacy will be understood over time, when the progressive cult dies out, and society can think rationally.
Really, De Blasio and his administration was more corrupt than any other. How him and others weren’t charged with anything is mind boggling. Then Mandani goes and hire those same corrupted individuals from Dumb Blasio to his team.
Lol you tried
anyone who thought this dei hire was gonna do anything good oh boy i got another one to sell you! watch the next four years!
Why not just say "non white person" or whatever slur you actually want to say? Because elected officials aren't "hires" and you're clearly just a racist.
he was hired by the people of nyc that hired him! he was only hired bc of his skin color! once he failed and became corrupt like all the other politicians the woke mob turned on him! watch how fast they will turn on this new guy who they hired!
Fucking what.
Can you answer the question?
I’m so confused. What actually was he charged for? Can someone please verbalize this?
Even the article in the OP "verbalizes" this, so you don't even have to do your own research. Stop being lazy.
I read the thing from top to bottom. They didn’t they still didn’t specify the exact charges. And it looks like nobody here can actually verbalize them either.
The indictment itself is found within seconds on Google if you want more detail.
I'm not answering it because I know it's not a good faith question -- it's bait designed to end in an argument about how legitimate you think the charges were.
Sounds like you can’t actually list it out. In fact, those charges were dismissed in 2025. Before he was elected, and before he spoke up about the OVERflow of illegals immigrants mopping up taxpayer dollars that should’ve rightfully gone to New York City’s school systems (which experienced a budget cuts between 2020 and 2024) and inner cities—the New York Times in 2020 highlighted that he was involved in approving a quid pro quo transaction in giving a construction permit in a Brooklyn zone were building had a height limit— yet the building he was involved in, went well above the height limit.
Maybe you should actually do your homework, transplant. Instead of hollering and crying.
There it is...
Have a good holiday!
That wasn’t the crime listed in the article above. Y’all really are acting mindless.
...did you just wake up from a 2 year coma?