In a letter despatched to the Adams administration Thursday night, Lander, who’s working towards the mayor within the June major, demanded copies of the subpoenas, a briefing on the investigations and Mayor Adams’ plan to reply.
Lander stated that the request for migrants’ data might violate New York Metropolis’s native privateness legal guidelines that block metropolis contractors and businesses from disclosing private data, and he requested the mayor to file a movement to thwart the subpoenas in the event that they did.
“As City leaders, we must stand up to this cruel and corrupt presidency, rather than surrender in anticipation of lawless political attacks,” Lander writes within the letter. “I urge your Administration in advance not to comply with any unlawful or unconstitutional orders from the federal government.”
The mayor faces growing strain to talk out towards Trump because the president has ramped up assaults immigration protections in New York with each this probe and the deportation and arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia College activist focused for his pro-Palestinian advocacy.
State Sen. Zellnor Myrie, who can also be working for mayor, slammed Adams at a press convention on Thursday morning.
“Right now President Trump is bullying New York City and Eric Adams is nowhere to be found,” Myrie stated, referring to the subpoenas and the arrest of Khalil.
“We need a mayor in this city that is willing to stand up for New Yorkers, not someone willing to cave to a wannabe tyrant,” he continued. “Anybody that cannot stand up to Donald Trump does not deserve to sit in City Hall. Anybody that is silent at this moment does not deserve to represent our city.”
Adams has expressed an openness to working with the president on immigration and has declined to publicly criticize the administration. He’s been accused of cooperating with the administration amid their plans to drop his corruption indictment. The DOJ moved to dismiss his corruption case in February. Adams has denied the fees and allegations of any quid professional quo.
“Just like he has tried to do with every new administration, Mayor Adams wants to work with the president, not war with him, to better the lives of New Yorkers. Others can give uninformed comments and make empty promises that won’t actually help New Yorkers, but they simply cannot match the mayor’s record,” Liz Garcia, a spokesperson for the mayor, stated, listingf housing, childcare and medical debt achievements.
Garcia additionally emphasised the mayor sued the president over a $80 million federal migrant assist clawback and acknowledged that he doesn’t help mass deportations. She stated the administration would overview Lander’s letter.
The mayor stated earlier Thursday he can’t touch upon the investigation, deferring to the Manhattan U.S. legal professional’s workplace.
He informed reporters that his “heart goes out to” metropolis staff caught up as political collateral, however he didn’t point out Trump or the migrants themselves.
Whereas no metropolis officers have acquired subpoenas on this probe, the shelters are contracted by the town, which is why the comptroller is writing to the administration.
Initially Revealed: March 13, 2025 at 5:24 PM EDT
