Some of the top officials working under Eric Adams have signaled their intention to resign, according to a report from NBC News. A source told the outlet that three deputy mayors – First Deputy Mayor Maria Torres-Springer, Deputy Mayor for Operations Meera Joshi, and Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Anne Williams Isom – met with the mayor on Friday in person at Gracie Mansion, where they related their intentions to step down. A Zoom meeting was then reportedly held on Sunday meant to talk senior officials down from leaving, with conflicting reports on its success.
According to NBC News, one source said that the resignations were not imminent following the “productive” meeting on Sunday, while another claimed that the three officials who met with Adams on Friday were still of the same mind after the Zoom call, and that they could leave as soon as “late March.” The Trump Justice Department’s decision to drop the federal corruption case against the mayor, which has already caused a wave of resignations among federal prosecutors in New York City and Washington D.C., has reportedly raised concerns among the officials in Adams’ orbit about their “ability to serve” in his administration.
Another official, Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Chauncey Parker, has also told the mayor of his desire to leave, according to a source that spoke with NBC. None of the officials mentioned by sources spoke directly to NBC News. Chauncey and Torres-Springer assumed their current positions in Adams’ administration in the wake of more than a dozen top officials’ resignations after being ensnared in the sprawling federal corruption investigation, replacing Philip Banks III and Sheena Wright respectively, last fall.
The mayor’s press secretary, Kayla Mamelak Altus, told NBC News that none of the deputy mayors have submitted resignations.
