The Indictment of Mayor Eric Adams

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“I will continue to do the job that I was elected to do,” a defiant Mayor Eric Adams said after being charged with bribery and fraud. Credit…Karsten Moran for The New York Times

To the Editor:

Re “Adams Charged With Bribery and Fraud” (front page, Sept. 27):

New York City faces a plethora of critical challenges in the coming weeks, months and years. The last thing the nation’s largest city needs is a mayor distracted by damning criminal charges of corruption and other legal issues.

There was something incredibly optimistic, charismatic and hopeful about Mayor Eric Adams in the early months of his administration, but sadly, that was rapidly diminished by a growing stench of corruption and scandal.

Did the mayor conspire with Turkish officials to funnel illegal foreign donations into his coffers in exchange for pressing the Fire Department to approve a new high-rise consulate in Midtown Manhattan despite safety concerns?

The level of criminality being leveled at the mayor in the unsealed indictment is as astonishing as it is sickening. The people of New York City deserve a mayor who puts city interests ahead of his own political ambition. Eric Adams should resign.

Cody Lyon
Brooklyn

To the Editor:

Is it too much to ask that those elected to office, especially high office, do their jobs without expecting private “gifts” as a perk of the office along the way? Apparently, it is, as many on the local scene all the way up to high national office seem to think they are entitled to such comforts.

These are not just ethics problems. If they are not always crimes they should be, and those embroiled in such corruption should be quickly removed from office and left to deal with their legal problems.

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