NY gov defies calls to oust Adams despite 'extremely concerning' allegations' — for now

Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) isn’t ready to remove Mayor Eric Adams from office — at least not yet — despite growing calls demanding that she use her constitutionally available powers to effectively fire the embattled New York City mayor.

Hochul revealed her position in an appearance on Rachel Maddow’s MSNBC show Thursday just hours after the U.S. Attorney in New York and other top prosecutors resigned over the DOJ’s controversial order to drop Adams’ sweeping corruption case – what she called an “unbelievably unprecedented” interference.

But while Hochul had harsh words for both Donald Trump’s DOJ and Adams, she poured cold water over the suggestion that she move forward with removing the Democratic mayor of the nation’s most populated city.

“The allegations are extremely concerning and serious, but I cannot, as the governor of this state, have a knee-jerk, politically motivated reaction like a lot of other people are saying right now,” Hochul told Maddow on Thursday. “I have to do it smart, what's right, and I’m consulting with other leaders in government at this time.”

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The New York governor added there has to be “one sane person in this state who can cut through all the crap and say what does my responsibility guide me to do.”

She went on to tell the MSNBC host that the scenario surrounding the dismissal of Adams’ charges “is not supposed to happen in our system of justice.”

“The Bondi administration in that Department of Justice is already showing they're corrupt," she said.

Still, Hochul said she would “need some time to process this and figure out the right approach.”

Maddow called the dismissal of Adams' charges, and the subsequent resignation of top federal prosecutors, “just an incredible drama in terms of federal law enforcement right now.”

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