在周四的新闻发布会上，纽约州州长凯西·霍楚尔宣布，她不会解除纽约市长埃里克·亚当斯的职务。
Hochul说，她将改为施加“护栏”来加强对亚当斯的监督，这些措施可能需要立法批准。
霍舒尔的声明是在司法部于2月10日采取行动撤销刑事指控对抗亚当斯。
尽管她表示对亚当斯的指控“深感不安”，但霍楚尔表示，解除他的职务将违反“选民的意愿”。
“我坚信，选民的意愿以及民主选举的至高无上和神圣不可侵犯，排除了我采取任何其他行动的可能性，”Hochul说。“我不能否认这座伟大城市的人民有权为自己做出决定。”
“我理解许多纽约人感到的愤怒和背叛感，”她补充道。“但那些主张‘把他赶走’的人没有意识到这是一个过程。”
霍楚尔提议的行动之一是在州监察长办公室内设立一个“特别监察长”，她说，这将监督该市的调查部门，并确保对政府活动进行独立调查。
她还提议授予市审计官、公共辩护律师和市议会议长独立的权力，对联邦政府提起法律诉讼。
“这确保了如果特朗普政府试图对纽约施加控制，我们有能力反击，”她说。
Hochul还承诺增加对负责城市监督的副州审计长办公室的资助，进一步审查与联邦政策相关的城市决策。
她说，“这是一个机会，我们需要建立保障措施，让人们相信，每个决定都只有一个因素，那就是什么对这座城市的人民最好。”
她认为这些措施是对她所谓的“特朗普报复之旅”的直接回应，指责总统试图在他被判重罪后惩罚纽约。
在Hochul讲话后的一份声明中，亚当斯声称“通过限制我办公室的权力来限制纽约人的权力是没有法律依据的。"
他说:“我是由纽约市人民和工人阶级社区选举出来的，以维护他们的价值观——这就是我们的政府所做的。”“虽然通过限制我办公室的权力来限制纽约人的权力没有法律依据，但我已经告诉州长，正如我们过去所做的那样，我愿意与她合作，以确保对我们政府的信心是强大的。我期待着继续这些对话。"
前情提要不服罪一份五项罪名的起诉书指控他接受多年的豪华旅行礼物，作为交换，除其他外，据称他说服纽约市消防局批准在曼哈顿开设新的土耳其领事馆，尽管检查员一直担心安全问题。
代理美国司法部副部长Emil Bove表示，撤销指控的原因与亚当斯是否有罪无关，而是基于他执行联邦移民政策的能力。
在周三的法庭上，联邦法官必须批准驳回此案的动议，Bove否认动议驳回此案是“交换条件”安排。
“这项起诉的继续是在干扰国家安全和移民执法，”Bove说。“市长不能与负责移民执法的联邦当局沟通，如美国检察官办公室。”
在Bove发布指令后的几天里，美国检察官Danielle Sassoon和其他六名联邦检察官辞职以示抗议。
周一，亚当斯政府的四名副市长也辞职了。
副市长们宣布离开几个小时后，Hochul说她将会见主要国家领导人"目标是确保纽约市的稳定."
“如果他们觉得此时无法在市政厅服务，那就对这个市长政府的长期未来提出了严重的问题，”Hochul谈到辞职时说。
在司法部撤销案件前不久，亚当斯与唐纳德·特朗普总统进行了会面，包括在佛罗里达州南部与他会面并参加他的就职典礼。
市长得到了特朗普的支持，特朗普声称亚当斯受到了联邦检察官的不公正指控，并表示他将“看看”对他的赦免。“我认为他受到了非常不公平的对待，”特朗普在12月的一次新闻发布会上谈到亚当斯时说。
亚当斯于2021年当选，是第一位面临指控的在任纽约市长。
NY governor won't remove Eric Adams as mayor
In a press briefing Thursday, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced she would not remove New York City Mayor Eric Adams from office.
Hochul said she would instead impose "guardrails" to increase oversight on Adams, steps that would likely require legislative approval.
Hochul's announcement comes after the Department of Justice moved on Feb. 10 todrop the criminal chargesagainst Adams.
Despite saying she was "deeply troubled" by the allegations against Adams, Hochul said removing him would violate the "will of the voters."
"My strong belief is that the will of the voters and the supremacy and sanctity of democratic elections preclude me from any other action," Hochul said. "I cannot deny the people of this great city the power to make this decision for themselves."
"I understand the outrage and the sense of betrayal many New Yorkers feel," she added. "But those who argue to 'just go and remove him' fail to appreciate that there is a process involved."
Among Hochul's proposed actions is the creation of a "special inspector general" within the Office of the State Inspector General, which she said would oversee the city's Department of Investigations and ensure independent probes into government activity.
She also proposed granting the City comptroller, the public advocate and the City Council speaker independent authority to initiate legal action against the federal government.
"This ensures that if the Trump administration tries to exert control over New York, we have the power to fight back," she said.
Hochul also pledged increased funding for the Office of the Deputy State Comptroller for city oversight, providing further scrutiny of city decisions related to federal policies.
"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," she said
She framed the measures as a direct response to what she called the "Trump revenge tour," accusing the president of attempting to punish New York following his felony convictions.
In a statement after Hochul's remarks, Adams claimed there "is no legal basis for limiting New Yorkers’ power by limiting the authority of my office."
“I was elected by the people of New York City and its working-class communities to uphold their values -- and that is what our administration has done," he said. "While there is no legal basis for limiting New Yorkers' power by limiting the authority of my office, I have told the governor, as we have done in the past, that I am willing to work with her to ensure faith in our government is strong. I look forward to continuing those conversations.”
Adams previouslypleaded not guiltyto a five-count indictment that accused him of accepting years of luxury travel gifts in exchange for, among other things, allegedly persuading the New York City Fire Department to approve the opening of the new Turkish consulate in Manhattan despite the lingering safety concerns of inspectors.
Acting U.S. Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove has said the reason for dropping the charges is unrelated to Adams' guilt or innocence but instead predicated on his ability to enforce federal immigration policy.
In a court appearance Wednesday with the federal judge who must approve the motion to dismiss the case, Bove denied moving to dismiss the case was part of a"quid pro quo"arrangement.
"The continuation of this prosecution is interfering with national security and immigration enforcement," Bove said. "The mayor cannot communicate with federal authorities responsible for immigration enforcement, such as the U.S. Attorney's office."
In the days following Bove's directive, U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon and six other federal prosecutorsresigned in protest.
On Monday, four deputy mayors in Adams' administrationalso resigned.
Hours after the deputy mayors announced their departure, Hochul said she would meet withkey state leaders"with the goal of ensuring stability for the City of New York."
"If they feel unable to serve in City Hall at this time, that raises serious questions about the long-term future of this mayoral administration," Hochul said of the resignations.
Adams spent time with President Donald Trump shortly before the Justice Department moved to drop the case, including meeting with him in South Florida and attending his inauguration.
The mayor has the backing of Trump, who has claimed Adams was unjustly charged by federal prosecutors and has said he would "take a look" at a pardon for him. "I think that he was treated pretty unfairly," Trump said of Adams during a press briefing in December.
Adams, who was elected in 2021, is the first sitting New York City mayor to ever face charges.
