by a federal grand jury, New York City’s powerful business community is scrambling to figure out how to deal with the real possibility of a socialist taking over City Hall., the left-wing, anti-cop Public Advocate running the city if Adams is either forced to resign or removed by Gov. Kathy Hochul amid the corruption scandal that has engulfed his mayoralty.
Bank of America chief Brian Moynihan raises eyebrows by taking on chancellor role for Corporation of Brown UniversityMedia-shy Kamala Harris will likely find an excuse to skip Al Smith Dinner – and avoid run-in with Trump Williams took to the streets in 2020 during the Black Lives Matter riots that consumed the city. He’s pushed for various anti-cop measures and is an avowed socialist who has been endorsed by a coterie of far left political parties including the Working Families Party and Democratic Socialists of America.
One favorite of the business community in City Hall is Andrew Cuomo, who has been courting top members of the New York business community for much of the past year as Adams’ legal woes mounted.Cuomo has made it no secret he wants to return to government as mayor, a post his father, the late Gov. Mario Cuomo, sought but never won during his own long political career.amid a sexual harassment probe by his political opponent, New York Attorney General Letitia James.
That is why some Democratic Party insiders will pressure Hochul to hold off on removing Adams until at least next March when under law Cuomo will have to face off in a primary open only to Democrats that might put him at a disadvantage.