NYC’s Adams Will Stay in Office as Hochul Plans ‘Guardrails’ (1)

Governor Kathy Hochul said she doesn’t plan to remove embattled New York City Mayor Eric Adams for now but will take steps to curb his power.

The governor said Thursday that she plans to establish a set of “guardrails” on the Adams administration. Those steps include creating a state-level deputy inspector general for New York City and giving more legal power to non-mayoral officials including the city comptroller and City Council speaker to sue the federal government.

Under the state constitution and city charter, Hochul has the power to remove the mayor and has been facing pressure to do so ...