Embattled New York City Mayor Eric Adams is getting support from an unusual corner this week — the Big Apple’s lone Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., warned New York Gov. Kathy Hochul against moving to oust Adams over the criminal charges he was recently facing. Hochul and Adams are both Democrats.
“As often as I’ve criticized Mayor Adams and disagreed with his policies, the Governor is wrong here and is being motivated by politics not law,” Malliotakis said in a statement late Tuesday night.
“She is rushing to remove him because he is working with the Trump Administration to rid our city of dangerous foreign criminals and gangs. The real question is why is Governor Hochul going to such great lengths to protect criminals in our country unlawfully who have preyed on New Yorkers?”
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Hochul reportedly met with multiple New York leaders this week while considering removing Adams from his job.
Senior prosecutors in New York and Washington have reportedly resigned after refusing to follow a Department of Justice (DOJ) order to drop charges against Adams.
The former police officer-turned-politician was indicted on charges linked to wire fraud, bribery, and soliciting campaign funds from foreign sources. The indictment was unsealed in September 2024.
Adams’ fellow Democrats have accused him of trying to cozy up to the Trump administration in order to get out of his criminal charges.
Some Republicans, meanwhile, had argued the Biden administration prosecuted Adams because he was critical of the left’s handling of the border and crime.
Adams sat for a joint interview with Trump administration border czar Tom Homan on “Fox & Friends” last week, where both vowed to work together to crack down on the migrant crisis in New York City.
“If he doesn’t come through, I’ll be back in New York City, and we won’t be sitting on the couch. I’ll be in his office, up his butt, saying, ‘Where the hell is the agreement we came to?’” Homan said during the interview.
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Adams denied leveraging his cooperation with the Trump administration into dropping charges, however.
He said in a written statement on Friday, “I want to be crystal clear with New Yorkers: I never offered — nor did anyone offer on my behalf — any trade of my authority as your mayor for an end to my case. Never.”
Fox News Digital reached out to Hochul’s office for a response to Malliotakis.
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