Gov. Kathy Hochul is meeting with key city officials on Tuesday at her Midtown office to discuss Mayor Eric Adams and his future at City Hall. 

The embattled mayor’s tenuous hold on power frayed even further Monday after four deputy mayors submitted their resignations over his cooperation with President Trump on an immigration crackdown and the ongoing fallout from the Trump Justice Department moving to dismiss the criminal campaign fraud indictment against Adams. 

Adams has repeatedly insisted he is “going nowhere” in rebuffing calls for him to resign from officials who fear the mayor engaged in a “quid pro quo” with federal prosecutors, agreeing to help Trump with deportation efforts in exchange for having the charges dismissed. Though Adams maintains that no such deal was made, critics are concerned that because the charges were being dismissed “without prejudice” — meaning they could be resurrected at any time — the mayor may be coerced into cooperating with Trump on executing his agenda in New York.

In the wake of Monday’s mass resignations at City Hall, Hochul issued a statement that evening expressing grave concern over the state of affairs at City Hall, saying, “If [the resigning deputy mayors] feel unable to serve in City Hall at this time, that raises serious questions about the long-term future of this mayoral administration.”

That motivated Hochul to schedule Tuesday’s meetings with various city officials. Though the Governor’s office has not formally said who will attend, published reports indicate the invited parties include Rev. Al Sharpton, House Minority Leader and Brooklyn U.S. Rep Hakeem Jeffries, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, City Comptroller Brad Lander, and City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams.

The last three names on the list are particularly notable because Richards, Lander and Speaker Adams could potentially be part of a city-run “Inability Committee” to weigh whether Mayor Adams is still able to discharge the duties of his office.

Speaker Adams called for Mayor Adams to resign Monday in the wake of the deputy mayors’ resignations. Lander, meanwhile, issued an ultimatum Monday to the mayor demanding a contingency plan for City Hall operations by Friday, or he would submit a request to form an Inability Committee. 

But depending on how Tuesday’s meetings go, Hochul may choose to exercise her City Charter authority to remove Mayor Adams from power herself. It would be an unprecedented move in more than two centuries of cooperation between city and state governments — and a decision the governor says she is not taking lightly.

“In the 235 years of New York State history, these powers have never been utilized to remove a duly-elected mayor; overturning the will of the voters is a serious step that should not be taken lightly,” Hochul said on Feb. 17. “That said, the alleged conduct at City Hall that has been reported over the past two weeks is troubling and cannot be ignored.”

If the mayor resigns or is removed from office, the public advocate, Jumaane Williams, would become acting mayor until a special election determines a successor to fill out the remainder of the current term. Such a changing of the guard would not impact the timeline of the regularly scheduled 2025 mayoral election this year, as voters will choose in November the person who will serve as mayor for the following four years.

Stay with amNY.com on Tuesday for the latest developments on the Crisis at City Hall.

Since day one of our administration, building housing and bringing down the cost of living has been two of our top priorities. We know that in order to make New York City the best place on the globe to raise a family, we need affordable housing across the five boroughs. We need to build the housing working people, families, immigrants, and young people need.

For the past three years we have gone to work to deliver housing for New Yorkers every day, everywhere. And last week, we announced back-to-back record-breaking calendar years producing critically needed affordable housing across the city. We have again built the most homeless units and most supportive units. We also housed our older adults by building a record number of senior units.

We have also connected a record number of New Yorkers to that housing, with HPD connecting more New Yorkers to homes than ever before in 2024. And thanks to our team at NYCHA, we have delivered more than $1.7 billion in critically needed capital repairs to our public housing sites. The New York City Department of Social Services also connected a record number of New Yorkers in shelter to subsidized permanent housing. Additionally, more than 14,600 households moved out of shelter using a variety of rental subsidies, reflecting a 24 percent increase year-over-year.

But these records are more than just numbers — they are older adults getting connected to accessible and affordable housing, formerly homeless New Yorkers being handed a key to a stable and safe apartment with a support network, and families feeling like they can afford to live in the greatest city on the globe.

A home is more than just four walls and a roof, it is the key to unlocking the American Dream. It is a path towards stability and an opportunity. In order to meet our affordable housing crisis, head on, we must continue to be bold and ambitious.

That is why in my State of the City address last month, we laid out a bold vision for our “Manhattan Plan” that will create 100,000 new homes in the borough, bringing the total number of homes in Manhattan to 1 million over the next decade.

We are also building on our “City of Yes for Housing Opportunity” plan, the most pro-housing proposal in our city history that will invest billions and build 80,000 new homes over the next 15 years. With “City of Yes for Families,” we will help us build even more housing that meets the needs of families, including co-located housing with libraries and housing that is closer to public transportation.

We are building with a “Everything, Everywhere, All at Once” approach. That means building housing on every block, in every neighborhood, and in every borough. We are not just breaking records when it comes to housing. Last month, we announced, for the eighth time since we entered office, that we broke the all-time high jobs record in our city. But I know the hustle in this city is real and that too many families are still struggling.

Every day we are fighting to give New Yorkers a key to their future. Together, we are going to build more affordable housing so New York remains the best place to raise a family and a place where all New Yorkers can build their American Dreams.

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