Splitting the Baby

Once again, New York Governor Kathy Hochul chooses a path that helps no one but herself.

She has announced that she will not remove corrupt New York City Mayor Eric Adams while taking more control of New York City for herself.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Thursday she won't — for the time being — remove embattled New York City Mayor Eric Adams from office, but will instead impose limits on his power.

Hochul in recent weeks has been pressured to exercise her power to remove Adams from City Hall after his indictment last year on corruption allegations.

"After careful consideration, I have determined that I will not commence removal proceedings at this time," she told reporters at the governor's New York City office.

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Calls to remove Adams have intensified after the Trump administration moved to drop all charges against the mayor and told him he needs to help federal authorities carry out immigration raids. That raised allegations from New York Democrats of a "quid pro quo" arrangement, making Adams allegedly beholden to Trump.

Allegations?

Acting U.S. deputy attorney general Emil Bove (Now there is a Bond Villain name) explicitly stated that he wanted the charges dropped because they wanted him to support Trump's mass deportations.

This is a fact.

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The governor announced plans to limit mayoral authority:To install a "special inspector general" to oversee the mayor.

• Making arrangements for the city comptroller, the public advocate and the New York City Council speaker to have an independent authority to take possible legal action against the federal government.
• And she's expanding operations of the state comptroller "for city oversight" that would closely evaluate "decisions related to the federal government," Hochul said.

"This is an opportunity to install safeguards that we need to have in place to give people confidence that there’s only one factor in every decision that’s made, and that’s what’s best for the people of the city," Hochul said.

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Adams has refused to back down and Hochul has kept largely mum about a previously, little-known element of the city charter that allows a New York governor to remove the mayor.

"The mayor may be removed from office by the governor upon charges and after service upon him of a copy of the charges and an opportunity to be heard in his defense," according to the charter.

This is a classic example of how not to address what is arguably the most corrupt action by the US Department of Justice in my lifetime, and I was alive when John F%$#ing Mitchell was Attorney General.

Thanks, Kathy.