Kathy Hochul, Eric Adams, Juan Merchan (X screencap).
As Gov. Kathy Hochul considers removing Mayor Eric Adams from office, why does it feel like she is the one in the hot seat?
Yes, four of Adams' deputy mayors have recently resigned their posts. Yes, Hochul has convened a coterie of Democrat leaders today to discuss the fate of Adams. But it is the governor who, in the eyes of many, appears to be compromised.
EXCLUSIVE:
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) February 18, 2025
🚨New York Governor @GovKathyHochul is colluding with @ericadamsfornyc’s Democrat primary political opponent @bradlander to remove Eric Adams from office via Judge Merchan’s daughter’s consulting firm! 🚨
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has called for an emergency… https://t.co/Lq45KjOvJP pic.twitter.com/77DG44DJsR
Adams, increasingly embattled since he left the reservation by calling out the horrific border policy of the Biden administration, took matters a step further when he met with border czar Tom Homan in ICE's Manhattan offices last week.
Adams was told by his party to "be a good Democrat, Eric". Instead, he pushed for the best interests of his hometown, the city he swore an oath to protect. For that, he stands to be the first mayor removed from elected office in New York City in 235 years.
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Hochul issued a statement yesterday, copied above. Among others, the "key leaders" she will convene today include Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), the Rev. Al Sharpton, and Comptroller Brad Lander. That last name--Lander--is where matters grow more complicated.
The first conflict: Lander is challenging Adams for mayor in the Democratic primary later this year. But it is the second conflict that truly muddies the water in this case. Both Lander and Hochul are clients of Authentic Campaigns, a political consulting firm run by Loren Merchan, daughter of Judge Juan Merchan.
🚨 City Comptroller Brad Lander has threatened to initiate the process of removing Mayor Eric Adams from office without Governor Hochul's approval. He has signaled plans to convene an Inability Committee, which would assess the mayor’s fitness to lead.
— Manhattan Mingle (@ManhattanMingle) February 17, 2025
The TDS struggle is real. pic.twitter.com/gjZWYDYUiq
Juan Merchan benched the infamous hush money case in which then-Republican-nominee Donald Trump was convicted of 34 felonies. The case has been pilloried by critics on the right and left as blatant lawfare, and Trump has appealed the ruling.
More concerning and germane to the Hochul-Adams face-off: it was revealed during the Trump trial that Merchan's daughter was using the case her father was adjudicating to raise money for her firm. Further, Democrat mouthpieces such as Sen. Adam Schiff are clients of Ms. Merchan.
Please Hochul, do this. Take on Mayor Adams and all his black supporters. Do it. pic.twitter.com/cmOtKLkdlQ
— Oreo_Speedwagon (@1OreoSpeedwagon) February 18, 2025
Set aside for a moment the awful optics of a white woman firing a black man who was pardoned by a sitting president. Democrats appear to believe they can remove politicians from their own party at will, regardless of what their voters desire. The most recent example was a sitting president by the name of Joe Biden.
Foregoing a primary election, "party leaders" convened and decided that the best path forward was to remove Biden in favor of then-Vice President Kamala Harris. That decision bore unintended fruit for Democrats.
Will Hochul make the same mistake as her party bosses? Is she trying to protect the 800,000 illegal aliens who stand to become legal New York voters soon? Time will tell.
This is a developing story.
