Four deputies to New York mayor resign in fallout over dropped corruption charges

<p>Departures follow justice department shelving charges widely seen as reward for Eric Adams helping Trump administration</p><p>Four deputies to New York’s mayor, Eric Adams, resigned on Monday as the growing chaos following a justice department request to drop corruption charges against him, widely seen as a reward for his help with Donald Trump’s immigration agenda, engulfs his three-year-old administration.</p><p>According to reports, four of Adams’ deputies – first deputy mayor Maria Torres Springer, deputy mayor for operations Meera Joshi, deputy mayor for health and human services Anne Williams-Isom, and deputy mayor for public safety Chauncey Parker – said they were stepping down.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/17/new-york-mayor-deputies-resignations">Continue reading...</a>