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A 'trial' after all? Here’s how Gov. Hochul could remove Mayor Adams.
The closest comparison is from 1932, when then-Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt forced New York City Mayor Jimmy Walker to resign. At the time, Roosevelt was running for president and the main threat to ...
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Who Can Force Out the Mayor? A Guide to NYC’s Inability Committee and Hochul’s Power
But his future could change in a New York minute. Adams wouldn’t be the first mayor to resign amid a corruption scandal; Jimmy Walker did in 1932, and William O’Dwyer in 1950. If he doesn’t ...
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How Hochul should fix the Adams mess
Gov. Franklin Roosevelt considered the removal of Mayor Jimmy Walker — his friend, fellow Democrat, former leader of the Senate, one-time Albany roommate of Al Smith — based upon evidence ...
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What’s next for NYC Mayor Eric Adams as a judge weighs dismissing his corruption case?
Franklin D. Roosevelt launched a trial against Mayor Jimmy Walker, who subsequently resigned and moved to Europe to avoid criminal prosecution. Hochul this week raised the possibility of ...