New York Mayor Eric Adams Indicted

another useless cunt

The indictment marks the first time a New York City mayor has faced charges in 170 years, according to historical research done by THE CITY.

All recent mayors from David Dinkins to Bill de Blasio have faced some type of corruption investigation, but all those probes ended with, at worst, lower-level aides being slapped with charges.

Former Mayor Jimmy Walker famously resigned in 1932 while under investigation, but he was never charged.

The bombshell indictment will come amid a spate of other federal investigations targeting City Hall and Big Apple officials that came to light in a stunning series of raids on Hizzoner’s top lieutenants, closest political allies and most trusted aides of late.

Wow.

He never should have been mayor.

He's a trainwreck. Say what you will about Bloomberg, he was a good mayor overall.

No one wants a mayor who looks like the Grinch anyhow.

Resignation any day now?

Ginchlike creature.

What's new, New York City?

He'll resist like hell from resigning, but I don't see how he isn't forced out.

The indictment is still sealed.

I'll guess interstate wire fraud, conspiracy to launder money, bribes.

You know, the usual.

Illegally funneling money from foreign governments.

What a scumbag

At least he still has his beauty!

New York is a nasty place!

very expensive suits.

About damn time

Shocking.

Good riddance.

R4- He was the last good mayor. Adams was a SLEEZE and a ghetto thug and DeBlasio was stupid and lazy and incompetent.

And I'm hearing rumors today that Adams possibly was a guest at Diddy's parties.

Why is all the sleaze on this douche coming out simultaneously??

It's probably foolish to think a NYC mayor will successfully translate into being a national political figure, but I still think Eric Adams would be in my top 5 for "who will be the next Democratic presidential nominee after Joe Biden?".

Goodbye, Eric

[quote]It's probably foolish to think a NYC mayor will successfully translate into being a national political figure, but I still think Eric Adams would be in my top 5 for "who will be the next Democratic presidential nominee after Joe Biden?".

Because America is crying out for a Dem presidential candidate as corrupt as Donald Trump?

Seriously. As a New Yorker, what the fuck about Adams reads to you as "presidential"?

Good Riddance. DeBlasio and his wife should have been indicted for graft.

Whoops, my bad R20. I misread your post as your own sentiment.

Reading is fundamental.

I feel like it has to do with the Diddy thing....

[quote]Say what you will about Bloomberg, he was a good mayor overall.

No he wasn't. He was a fucking shitbag who sold the city out to big business and continued Giuliani's racist policing policies.

They're making an example of Adams because of his speaking out against the democrats over the migrant crisis. I don't even like the guy but it's obvious the tide changed for him after that.

No mayor was more sleazy or corrupt than Giuliani and his administration. Trumpian levels of criminality.

R20, Bill Maher also saw the future of the Democratic Party in the newly-elected Eric Adams.

Both CNN's Caitlan Collins and Deblasio said "...innocent until proven guilty."

If I, in fact, committed a crime, I'm not innocent. What the law provides to me is that I'm PRESUMED innocent until proven guilty.

The Biden Justice Department is going after another MAGA conservative. Oh wait... what?

Thank you, R29.

[quote] What the law provides to me is that I'm PRESUMED innocent until proven guilty.

And let's remember that standard applies only to the criminal court trier(s) of fact, either the presiding judge or, in the case of a jury trial, the empaneled jury. It does not apply to the general public, which is free to make any presumptions whatsoever.

Geez, I don't like either Caitlan Collins or Alex Wagner.

Oh good, Lawrence O'Donnell is on.

The Bloomberg love always amuses me. Notice there's never any concrete evidence of what he did that was so great. It's because there wasn't anything.

Between Giuliani and him, they're responsible for NYC becoming an overpriced, theme park area that caters to millionaires and trust fund brats. Not to mention escalating the militarization of the police force who enforced blatantly prejudiced policies. The stupid shit like bans on soft drinks and making Times Square a grotesque tourist spot instead of the once vital and engaging heart of the city it was was just the white decay on top of the fecal matter sandwich.

What a fucking moron to think he could get away with this.

Well, if Bill Maher said so, R27... That crazy homeless guy I pass by every morning on the way to work has a better political sense than Maher.

I'll never forget watching Senator Elizabeth Warren perpetrating a knock-out of Bloomberg during a Dem primary debate.

Holy Shit. 45 seconds into Round 1 and the referee should've stopped the fight.

I just hope Adams hangs on until the 2025 election. If he quits, the loathsome Jumane Williams takes over as Mayor. Or Adams should quit and they have a special election. Anything but Williams as Acting Mayor.

I forgot Bloomberg ran for President. And now I'm suddenly remembering de Blasio did as well. What was in the water at the City Hall?

Bloomberg was terrible in many ways but he was a successful Mayor. He and Giuliani were the two best Mayors NYC has had in the past 30:years. With the Trump stench no Republican can win the job now which is a shame.

[quote] I forgot Bloomberg ran for President. And now I'm suddenly remembering de Blasio did as well. What was in the water at the City Hall?

John Lindsay also ran a short-lived campaign for the presidency.

And of course Giuliani also ran for president.

The mayor of NYC has long been regarded as the second toughest political job in America.

Never liked him

BERKING: KAMALA HARRIS ANOUNCES SHE IS NO LONGER BLACK !

So sick of this ignorant mythification of Bloomberg. R26 and R33 are absolutely right. He helped create conditions that exacerbated the unaffordability of this city.

(Yeah, that might not be a word. But you get my point.)

There are many things I did not like about Bloomberg, but I can at least appreciate the work that Janette Sadik-Khan did under his administration to pedestrianize more spaces in the city and build out so much cycling infrastructure.

I don't cut non-voters much slack, but when I read stories like this, voter apathy and cynicism almost make sense....

R45 I think you were looking for [bold]mythologizing[/bold]...? Not an "Oh, dear," just trying to help.

Fucking buffoon. A showboating, granstanding buffoon. It should have been Kathryn Garcia, damn it. She would have kept her head down with no fucking showboating or theatrics. Shit would have gotten done.

How ‘bout them Yankees?!?!?!

R46 Dear it’s Manhattan for a reason.

You want Connecticut move there

He made this video when he was a state senator. We howled when this came out.

Will they discuss this on THE VIEW tomorrow ? Will Sunny and Whoopi defend him ?

We're gonna need a bigger jail!

Move over, Diddy. Incoming!!

R29, the MAGAs are saying they targeted Adams because he complained about the influx of migrants into the city. I say it just made him look like a whiny little bitch who should have known not whine to the press. It made him look weak and incapable of leading the city.

'I will fight these injustices with every ounce of my strength and my spirit'

A favorite tactic of the Russiapublicans is to go after black.politicians they see as future political threats to them. Too numerous to mention.

They must have an entire arm whose only purpose is go through dustbins looking for kompromat.

They comin' after me cause I spoke out against the wetbacks!

'Every day in the police department I kicked those cracker's ass'

now those crackers are going to kick him to the curb!

We got your back 🗡️🗡️🗡️

Yeah that dog don't hunt, r60. NYPost readers loathe Adams.

and not just NY post readers R61

*correction: all NYC residents hate him. No tears will be shed. The NYPost is feeling desperate these days since Trump is slumping.

So long, farewell

[Quote] I'll never forget watching Senator Elizabeth Warren perpetrating a knock-out of Bloomberg during a Dem primary debate.

and yet where did it get her R36? She harped on Bloomberg's NDAs all during the debate. An issue voters were not particularly concerned about.

It didn’t get her anything, R65, but she succeeded in single-handedly knocking out Bloomberg.

and coming across as a shrill scold instead of someone who addressed the issues and presented a platform. R66 Even Joy Behar on The View wondered if her attack was mis directed. Besides Bloomberg was never going to get the Democratic nomination or Warren for that matter.

Who would be considered a good NY mayor over say, the last 40 years?

I was no Warren supporter, R67, but to criticize her - of all people! - for not addressing the issues & presenting a platform is seriously off. She was the candidate who had “an answer.” For seemingly everything.

[Quote] . She was the candidate who had “an answer.” For seemingly everything.

except why you should voter for her

Sad last days

And I didn’t. But now you’re moving the goalposts.

Warren was a senator. R72 How could you have voted for her unless you were in the senate?

Huh, R73?! She ran for the Democratic nomination for president in 2016. I didn’t vote for her.

Sorry R74 I forgot about that

[quote]Who would be considered a good NY mayor over say, the last 40 years?

Not a popular opinion but I think Dinkins was underrated. Crime was actually dropping but of course Giuliani and the media played it hysterical. And NYC had turned the corner from the worst of the 70s and 80s, but was still affordable and fun. And less of a self-involved blowhard than those who came before or after him.

Dinkins was horrible. And I say that as someone who worked for his campaign. Crime may have been turning around but for most of term it was very bad. He was so bad I actually voted for Giuliani. Giuliani in his first term was a very effective Mayor.

[quote] and coming across as a shrill scold

Repug Alert at r67

"shrill scold" are the words they use about Hillary and all other smart, tough, Democratic women.

“Mythification” is definitely a word, distinct in meaning from “mythologizing.”

I misspoke. Warren had a “plan” for everything, not an “answer.”

[quote]They're making an example of Adams because of his speaking out against the democrats over the migrant crisis.

Yes, we all know how the super-powerful Democratic Machine can effectively destroy its enemies

I bet MAGA Merrick Garland is tickled pink over this.

Why are you going on about Warren on this thread about NY politics, Della? Your condescending know-it-all attitude is on full display.

Can’t you find some burn victims to make fun of? That seems to be more up your alley

Never forget that Adams was a cop and a Republican before his overweening opportunism caused him to become a Democrat. He thinks and acts like a cop and a Republican.

From the beginning, he was surrounded by cronies, hated being dosagreed woth or challenged, he cares for only two constituencies — the cops he loves and identifies with, and the black working class voters in Queens and Brooklyn, who make up his main support.

He is playing the victim card about this big time. Hinting that this is somehow personal and political as if he and his pals haven’t been acting like greedy pigs at a trough. He is not so subtly appealing to his black voter base for sympathy, hinting that this is about his race rather than his personal immorality and corruption. Like demigogues everywhere, he equates what’s happening to him as an attack on his constituents in a cheap plea for sympathy.

He’s stubborn and lives in something of a bubble, so I don’t see him voluntarily stepping down. Governor Hochul could summarily dismiss him, but I doubt she will do that since she’ll be uncertain of the political fallout. Should Adams resign or be forced out, Speaker Jumaane Williams would be temporary mayor but would be required to set a flash election to take place no more than 60 days after Adams steps down or is displaced.

NYC politics should be interesting now as the buzzards circle above as potential replacements will be jockeying for position and starting their campaigns for mayor earlier than intended.

I misspoke above. Jumaane Williams is the Public Advocate, not the Speaker.

Very disappointing-hope this is NOT resurgence of that Andrew Cuomo-scary.

The local news has been reporting that Andrew Cuomo may possibly run if there is a special election.

There were a lot of great people running for mayor, so I was shocked that it ended up being Adams, the only person I loathed, (though Yang came a close second) as the Democratic nominee. I ended up voting for some 3rd party guy in protest. And I hated Bloomberg as well, though I give him credit for stopping smoking in bars and restaiurants.

The FBI seized his phone this morning in a search of Gracie Mansion.

Tee hee hee..... Oy vey karma is golden!

[quote]The stupid shit like bans on soft drinks and making Times Square a grotesque tourist spot instead of the once vital and engaging heart of the city it was was just the white decay on top of the fecal matter sandwich.

The disgusting and dangerous Times Square area of the 1970s was a disgrace and absolutely needed to be cleaned up. I suppose it might have been possible to do so without going to the opposite extreme and turning it into a theme-park-like tourist spot full of chain stores and restaurants, but I think it would have been extremely difficult to achieve that balance.

HELLO ANDREW CUOMO!

The best part about Times Square is that 24 hour Krispy Kreme. I agree that it was far too seedy in the 70's and 80's, but Disneyfying it made it lose it's charm. Agree r91, there should have been a happy medium.

Your loss, NYC.

[quote]The FBI seized his phone this morning in a search of Gracie Mansion.

That would be the second phone they've seized...

[quote] I ended up voting for some 3rd party guy in protest.

Always an intelligent strategy!

[quote]The best part about Times Square is that 24 hour Krispy Kreme. I agree that it was far too seedy in the 70's and 80's, but Disneyfying it made it lose it's charm. Agree [R91], there should have been a happy medium.

But again, HOW to achieve a happy medium? Seems to me that would be very difficult to do, because once an area that located at the epicenter of Manhattan and includes the theater district starts to close all the porno theaters, crack down on crime, etc., it's only natural that property values are going to skyrocket, leading to the opening of all sorts of theme-park-like restaurants and chain stores, etc.

r83, Stop stalking me, ya creepy weirdo.

Go fuck yourself Della, ya cunt.

It seems that a lot of these contributions came from Turkey-related sources (or, Türkiye, to be pedantic.) It seems like an odd thing for a local politician to be in the pocket of a country like Turkey.

Gladly and with pleasure, r101.

Put me on ignore, ignoramus. It's the icon at the top of the page.

This is to get the general public more comfortable seeing high powered politicians behind bars. That way when Dump gets locked up we can say,

"as demonstrated by the great city of New York and now here today with former President Dump, it is clear that we live in a country where NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW." (Cue sound of mic dropping)

Put me on ignore Della. Then go fuck yourself.

Why is this frau on here?

This is sordid and I'm tired of it.

Public life, life in general has just absolutely abandoned any kind of propriety. Mary me if you like, but I've never seen such a selfish time, even when you're caught.

Propriety: Conformity to established standards of behavior or manner, suitability, rightness, or justice. See Etiquette

Charges are pretty lame so far. I would have expected more cartoonish skullduggery. Discounted Turkish airlines flights?

DOJ saying their evidence shows knowledge and intent to accept foreign money for his campaign to be mayor.

And that he acted to omit that from required disclosure statements.

Soliciting from contributions that the law prohibits.

From the incident document pg 18-19, a Turkish official “agreed to contribute $50,000 or more to the 2021 campaign, believing that ADAMS may one day be the President of the United States and hoping to gain influence with ADAMS”.

President?!?!?!

[quote] wire fraud

FRAUD!!

Well, you elected Trump president....

I certainly hope the voters in NYC wise up after this fiasco. I hate to say "I told you so", but I (someone who is 900 miles away) didn't trust this guy from the get-go.

Didn't the lady he accused of being like a slave-owner basically say he was putting the interests of foreign powers with great wealth way ahead of the average citizen?

[quote] I certainly hope the voters in NYC wise up after this fiasco.

The voters in NYC have been wised up for quite a while about Mayor Adams.

[quote] If he quits, the loathsome Jumane Williams takes over as Mayor.

Please show some respect and spell his name correctly. It’s Jumaane Williams. For some reason.

One take

R117 - that's bullshit from Elie - other David Dinkns was also investigated and not prosecuted. It's not because he's black.

AND - don't forget he was in the Police Department for over 20 years - he's one of them. This is just some bad shit they can't overlook.

Elie is a good guy but he's one person who sees racism behind every single fucking issue. He's one note.

[quote] The voters in NYC have been wised up for quite a while about Mayor Adams.

Then why did they vote him into high office?

I would actually argue that the previous 2 mayors - Bloomberg and DeBlasio - were mostly on the up-and-up.

Bloomberg, because he was so rich no one could bribe him and DeBlasio because he had the NYPD and the NY Post (oftentimes the same entity) so far up his ass that if he as much as sneezed weird, it made the front page.

I would agree with that R120 and I think Dinkins was squeaky clean and a decent human being.

Mike Bloomberg made NY a playground for his millionaire pals and never cared about the average New Yorker.

Bloomberg spent over $1M of his own money on his campaign for 3rd term as Mayor of NY? Which is more than the job pays! and an estimated $1B on his 4-month presidential campaign.

The alleged conduct predates Adams' time as mayor and dates to his time as Brooklyn Borough President. The indictment includes photos of fancy hotel rooms and other benefits the mayor allegedly took.

Policy and crimes are two different things.

I'm in total agreement with you ElderLez.

I don’t see what the problem is

You can't tell me Guiliani wasn't pulling shady shit during his terms, but being the former US Attorney for New York and his mafia ties protected his ass.

[Quote] Policy and crimes are two different things.

Absolutely!

Giuliani should die in jail.

It just seemed like he had the IQ of gnat.

He's going to have to step down.

Giuliani was officially disbarred in Washington D.C. today over the 2020 election fraud.

[quote] What a fucking moron to think he could get away with this.

Fucking morons have been getting away with it for centuries.

well, he ain't smart enough to hide his bad deeds

[quote] AND - don't forget he was in the Police Department for over 20 years - he's one of them. This is just some bad shit they can't overlook.

He was not a Fed. They relish taking down state and municipal officials.

He was already investigated during his time as a cop. It was heavily hinted that he was corrupt as fuck but he was still elected...

R136 - they do? Doesn't seem to happen very often.

he should have been paid in bitcoin, isn't that how all the bad guys get paid?

The indictment of New York City’s Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday for charges that include bribery and soliciting foreign donations represents the lowest point of a failed mayoralty that has delivered stunningly little to the city it was meant to serve.

Ahem R139

Overall, I've liked him. He got a city still recovering from covid and he has been honest about the toll the illegal aliens are taking on the city financially and socially. He was born and raised here and I think he really understands the life of the people who really make the city function.

He's obviously pissed the wrong people off and the democrat machine, as we have seen, will gladly weaponize the justice system if they are confronted, ignored, or antagonized in any way.

[quote] Fucking morons have been getting away with it for centuries.

I don’t think that is true for NYC Mayors with state and federal prosecutors breathing down their necks. A lot of people around Koch were indicted, never him. None of the others.

Fag!

r142 is also:

*What can be said or posted that would offend a Datalounger?*

[quote]Even the slightest negative comment about Her Highness Kamala, her Superhero VP or The Party in general.

*Kamala Harris and Tim Walz*

[quote]Post only absolute praise, complete adoration and total subjugation to The Anointed Duo and The Party or else you will be banned from The DL for at least a day.

[quote]- George O. 2024

In exchange, Adams allegedly pressured Big Apple officials to waive inspections and push through approval for the Turkish Consulate in Manhattan, the indictment charges.

As part of the scheme, prosecutors allege, Adams accepted “straw donations” facilitated by senior officials within the Turkish diplomatic establishment in exchange for him and his companions getting free or discounted flights to far-flung destinations such as France, China, Sri Lanka, India, Hungary and Turkey.

He is accused of accepting tens of thousands of dollars in free flights from a Turkish airline while he was Brooklyn borough president, the indictment charges. At one point, Adams also allegedly paid $600 to stay two nights at a luxury suite in the St. Regis hotel in Istanbul — well below the actual cost of $7,000.

Adams, at times, would allegedly create — and instruct others to create — fake paper trails in order to falsely suggest he’d actually paid for the travel benefits, the indictment states.

Hizzoner also allegedly “compounded his gains” from the illegal campaign contributions by gaming the city’s matching funds program, which provides a generous match for small-dollar donations, the court papers state.

Adams’ campaign received more than $10 million in matching funds as a result of the phony certifications, the indictment alleges.

Well, at least no charges involve "pissy assholes."

Meanwhile, prosecutors allege Adams deleted messages with others involved in his alleged misconduct — including, at one point, assuring a co-conspirator that he “always” deleted her text messages, according to the filing.

Hizzoner appeared to resort to chicanery, too, when the feds first came to seize his electronic devices last November, the indictment suggests.

When he turned his personal cellphone over, investigators found it was locked and needed a password to open.

The mayor claimed he’d only just changed the password a day earlier to prevent his staff from accidentally or intentionally deleting its contents amid the ongoing probe, per the indictment.

“But, Adams further claimed, he had forgotten the password he had just set, and thus was unable to provide the FBI with a password that would unlock the phone,” the court papers state.

US Attorney of Southern District of New York Damien Williams told a news conference Thursday that Adams had a duty to disclose gifts he received — but “kept the public in the dark” year after year.

“He told the public he received no gifts, even after he was being showered with them,” Williams said. “This was a multi-year scheme to buy favor with a politician on the rise: Eric Adams.”

In total, Adams is facing five criminal charges, including conspiracy to commit wire fraud, solicitation of a contribution by a foreign national and bribery.

He faces up to 45 years in prison if convicted on all counts.

It wasn’t immediately clear when Adams would have to appear in court in the wake of the indictment. Sources had earlier told The Post he wasn’t expected to turn himself in until early next week.

In total, he is facing five criminal charges, including conspiracy to commit wire fraud, solicitation of a contribution by a foreign national and bribery.

R136 You are correct my friend but that’s because they have to. The Feds are the only ones who can check them. The NYPD is certainly not going to check itself. A very important family member to me works for the Justice Department. You’d be surprise some of the stuff powerful law enforcement agencies and state prisons—the shit they commit around the country. It may take 9, 10 years but the Feds will eventually get you. ALWAYS. And their win rate is like 98%.

Sounds like DLers were there

Yup, those are all of my quotes, R145. I've been on The DL for 15 or so years so there's many more, so I've been on The DL way before The DL Gestapos like you started to take over. I'm flattered I'm on your fascist radar, comrade.

- Registered Democrat, never voted for Trump who's seen through the con for years.

Oh, and I'll be cancelled in...one...two....three...

R154

maybe that councilwoman who bit a cop can be mayoress now.

[quote]r155 = Oh, and I'll be cancelled in...one...two....three...

Oh, you poor, poor thing!

^^^Just stating a fact ma'am.

Poor, DL, that this is what the Gestapos and Commissars on here will do. I'm sure you all would indictment me if you could, or not even waste time with an indictment and just send me to a gulag

[quote]or not even waste time with an indictment and just send me to a gulag

LoL, r158, and make you an even bigger martyr?

I love all these white liberals saying that Democrats may not want to remove him because of the black community - as if the black community votes solely on race.

This is the idiot who will step in if Adams steps down, a DSA member. NYC needs a moderate Republican mayor. The city has gone to hell.

[quote]I love all these white liberals saying that Democrats may not want to remove him because of the black community

Who has said that so far, r160?

R160 he’s gotta go. He just does. Hopefully he can have some dignity and resign so that governor Hochul isn’t forced to remove him.

R161 He's cute!

R164 he is but his Grenadian parents are cunts for spelling his name that way 😂.

Caroline Schermerhorn Astor just turned over in her grave at Trinity Church Cemetery.

OP, when Jummane Williams is appointed as Interim Mayor until the election 80 days later, he'll push through legislation that'll make us want Adams back. He has same philosophy as Alexandra Ocasio Cortez, locally known as "AOC-All Out Crazy". Before Adams was indicted she was calling for his resignation so Williams, as Public Advocate, would be get the job.

Wh the fuck write this constitution? Since when has it been in place?

This goes to show that it never pays to run around acting like an asshole.

Who the fuck wrote this constitution? Since when has it been in place?

Here's his press conference. Oof.

R171 Gramps African gear looks fresh to death. I might make that a fall trend. New Yorkers stand up and Addams SIT DOWN.

As usual the ladies of The View avoided any talk of the things going on in the very city they broadcast from. No mention of the charges against NY Mayor Adams and their hot tonics segment was about Melania Trump's book and a recent interview she did!

(^.^) hot topics

R171, I like the protective tent against the eggs and tomatoes.

R173 are you serious? Wow. I can’t believe they would just completely avoid the topic. That’s fake as fuck. New York City is the most populated city in America. Something like this is national news. ALL NYC mayors are like B list celebrities just because of the city’s clout.

^ The announcement pre-empted The View in a number of cities.

R162, CNN, CBS, MSNBC.

LoL, r178, are you incapable of being specific?

They keep bringing up how bad this going to look, taking down a black mayor. Liberals need to get over this race shit already. Get rid of the fucker!

Adams is currently facing 20 years in federal prison.

R160 as a white liberal I ask what white liberals you are referring to.

You were already told, r182.

What rely?

Oh please. This is bigger than race. Sometime you just gotta do the right thing in the words of Spike Lee. Addams must have massive big dick energy. He doesn’t seem broken at all.

r184 - LoL, ElderLez, don't waste your time.

I'd much rather Jumaan Williams than Eric Adams any day.

I'd much rather Jumaan Williams inside my ass than Eric Adams any day.

he looked good in dreds. Verificatia of size meat?

Doris, that’s great that you are R162.

I wonder where VOTN is. I believe he hates Adams with the heat of a thousand burning suns.

R177 The View was broadcast live from NY 11am EST It was national news some 12hrs before that.

[quote]I wonder where VOTN is. I believe he hates Adams with the heat of a thousand burning suns.

I mean, I'm waiting for people to force him to resign. I know this has likely torpedoed his chances at reelection, but I'd just as soon have someone who isn't under a giant indictment running the city. He's already cost us the police commissioner and the public schools chancellor. We just need to put Williams in as a placeholder and let the next primary play out. I'm still hoping Garcia will get back in.

No thanks to Hakeem Jeffries. Bad look for a guy who wants to be Speaker of the House.

[quote]This goes to show that it never pays to run around acting like an asshole.

An electioneering corrupt asshole.

I can't believe this was the best we thought we could do.

[quote]I like the protective tent against the eggs and tomatoes.

And a nearly empty jar of mayonnaise.

This didn’t age well.

You're saying Nate Silver was wrong about something?

r191 must have been the announcement of the specific charges. I was on the phone with my mom (in EST) and she said they cut into The View talking about Adams' charges.

He was federally indicted on Wednesday and before that AOC called for his resignation none of which was discussed during the Hot Topic segment on Thursday's The View R197

R192 VOTN do you think Keechant Sewell would come back as police commissioner if Kathryn Garcia became Mayor? I really liked her and thought it was a great loss when she left.

Nate Silver is such a schmuck. Fake Vegan, Kabbalah beads wearing black Archie Bunker was never going to be Presidential material.

And also can we stop to acknowledge what a rock star Damien Williams is?

To be clear, I'm not talking about what they did or didn't discuss on The View. I don't even watch the show. I mentioned that the unsealing of his indictment happened this morning (Sept 26) and pre-empted parts of The View (at least in certain markets).

[quote]On September 25, 2024, Adams was indicted in a sealed case.[177] Prior to the indictment, several prominent New York politicians had resigned.[178] Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of the Bronx, called on Adams to step down, believing that while he was under investigation, the city services could not function properly.[179] On September 26, the case was unsealed, revealing the five charges: bribery, conspiracy, fraud, and two counts of soliciting illegal foreign campaign donations.[180]

In hindsight Curtis Sliwa, living in a studio apartment with his wife and 16 cats, would have been a better mayor than Adams.

Did we ever get an explanation for Police Commissioner Sewell's sudden departure? She seemed to have the respect and favor of her department and officers and then, poof! She was gone.

Hopefully, all will be revealed now. What a mess!

Crain’s says that Phil Banks and Adams were stopping her from disciplining bad cops.

Sliwa vs Adams are both such odd ducks - such a strange pair.

Sliwa is a sexy older man and looks like Robert Deniro.

Can't wait to see this MF hang. Always thought he was a fraud. Makes Trump look like Jesus.

R204 I wouldn’t go that far with it.

Has his longtime beard commented?

If Eric Addams is gay then I have terrible gaydar.

R173 maybe today's show was taped. Kelly and Mark's "Live" show is taped at least two-days-a-week.

R207 when he was running of office it was revealed that he and girl friend own a co-op on the 22nd floor of a Fort Lee, New Jersey building. Doesn't live in the Lafayette Avenue townhouse he owns, rents it out.

Everyone knows Adams pulled the reverse Bloomberg and ran as a Democrat, cause no Republican bitch is getting elected Mayor of NYC in the era of Trump.

Now maybe New York can have a real Democrat at Gracie Mansion again.

R207 what does your gaydar say about Jumaane Williams?

Beach-Mathura — who now resides in Florida but at the time lived on Coney Island — claims that Adams drove “her to a vacant lot and request[ed] oral sex from her,” and when she refused he put her hand on his “erect penis,” the filing alleges.

When she took her hand away, Adams allegedly “masturbated himself” and “ejaculated on her,” the suit charges.

He has a hot defense lawyer

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has hired high-profile Quinn Emanuel partner Alex Spiro as he faces federal bribery, fraud, and campaign finance charges that were unsealed on Thursday

The Quinn Emanuel partner has represented clients like Elon Musk, Alec Baldwin, and Robert Kraft, arguing that high-profile individuals deserve different treatment than ordinary citizens.

A mug only a mug shot could appreciate.

So should he stay as mayor or should he go?

I'd never paid much attention to his physicality, but Adams looks short. If so, that explains a complex or three.

I wish the media would track down that elderly woman who Adams treated like crap at some event last year. I bet that woman is laughing her ass off.

Mr. Adams has exacted a high price from New York, in reputation and morale, for what seem to be petty acts of greed and disregard for democratic principles. It raises questions of how America’s largest, wealthiest city, with its reservoir of talent in everything from the arts to finance, ended up with someone accused of being an incessant petty grifter as mayor.

Mr. Adams isn’t accused of disorganization in failing to vet donors. Rather, the indictment outlines premeditated, deliberate organization, with him allegedly directing staffers to conceal his behavior with “fake paper trails.”

Fran Lebowitz interview last year-

“Adams was in office like two months before I heard people say, “De Blasio wasn’t that bad.” Adams is a Trumpy guy. He is very thin-skinned. He is whiny. Nothing’s ever his fault. He surely is dishonest. The clothes, for instance, they’re made for him. They’re very expensive. How does he pay for them? He’s not paying for this stuff with money he earns as mayor.”

Corrupt to the core

R220 LOCK HER UP LOCK HER UP LOCK HER UP

Has Al Sharpton made a statement?

Not before this grifter bitch R221

$900,000,000?? Did she buy Greece??

she bought cases of lube R224

What makes DeBlasio and his wife particulate;y skeevy is they presented themselves as progressives - ( the press swooned over their "happy" multi-racial marriage and family) when they were as corrupt as any Republicans. Charlene always had going-nowhere projects for which she was handsomely paid. As if she wasn't busy enough (!) with her Homeless initiative , de Blasio named her some sort of Public Arts Commissioner with a nice salary of course.

I never bought his bullshit about changing his surname (Wilhelm) because he was much closer to his mother. He changed it to his his mothers maiden name to make him more electable.

Speaking of sleaze, remember councilwoman Christine Quinn who magically changed her mind about allowing Bloomberg to run for a third term? I wonder what could have $wayed her?

[quote]Adams’s downfall foreshadows a larger problem for New York’s Black political class and the community they presume to represent. They are being squeezed out by demographic trends and changes in the municipal election system. As such, it appears that a historic period of representation will be short-lived and squandered.

[quote]The city’s Black political class holds more offices than at any time in history. In recent years, the Black voting bloc has propelled representatives to the highest levels of executive, legislative and judicial offices. Yet their leaders are proving incapable of using the positions in a coordinated fashion to advance the concerns of the community.

I was so impressed with Christine Quinn when she was running for City Council. She could have been a major player in NYC, if she hadn't sold out to Bloomberg. She got what she deserved.

[quote]The city’s Black political class holds more offices than at any time in history. In recent years, the Black voting bloc has propelled representatives to the highest levels of executive, legislative and judicial offices. Yet their leaders are proving incapable of using the positions in a coordinated fashion to advance the concerns of the community.

Blacks and women just don't make good leaders.

And women of color in positions of power is just a recipe for disaster.

Only Blacks and women R229. Not fags, chinks, spics, polak and kikes too? How modern of you.

[quote] As my grandmother used to say, "You only want to change what you despise." I don't understand why Democrats hate America so much. All they do is bash America. If they're so unhappy, why not move to a place that suits your needs?

R229 Do you have the same energy for Trump's rhetoric? Have you offered to buy him a one way ticket away from the hellscape shithole he despises so much?

he's guilty of being ugly!!!