Hochul to Discuss Adams’s Future as Pressure Mounts for His Resignation

Adrienne Adams, the speaker of the New York City Council and one of Mayor Eric Adams’s principal partners in government, said on Monday that the mayor should resign.

Ms. Adams’s repudiation of the mayor came just hours after four of his eight deputy mayors announced they would leave City Hall, a catastrophic loss to an administration already hobbled by scandal, a corruption indictment and a growing sentiment that the mayor placed his own interests ahead of New York City’s.

The resignations prompted Gov. Kathy Hochul, who wields the power to remove Mr. Adams, to announce that she intended to meet with top elected officials on Tuesday to discuss the future of the city and the mayor.

The governor said she had “serious questions about the long-term future of this mayoral administration,” adding that the alleged conduct at City Hall that has been reported over the past two weeks is troubling and cannot be ignored.”

Those expected to attend the meeting include the council speaker; the city comptroller, Brad Lander; and the Queens borough president, Donovan Richards, according to a person familiar with the plan. The three would be among the five members of a committee that could be convened to remove Mr. Adams — a prospect that Mr. Lander separately raised on Monday.

Mr. Lander, one of several Democrats challenging Mr. Adams’s bid for re-election in the June primary, sent a letter to Mr. Adams on Monday calling on him to create a contingency plan to run the city because of the administration’s “unprecedented leadership vacuum.”