This is the beginning of Eric Adams’ fall from power as New York mayor | Ross Barkan

Adams is bombastic, eccentric and allegedly ethically relaxed. This indictment does not come as a surprise

For the first time in the modern history of New York City, a sitting mayor has been indicted.

Eric Adams will now know the fate of Donald Trump - to be indicted and possibly convicted in a Manhattan courtroom. Damian Williams, the US attorney for the southern district, has unsealed a 57-page indictment that accused Adams of performing favors for Turkish foreign nationals after accepting more than $100,000 in international plane tickets and accommodations, as well as soliciting illegal donations from them. These donations generated public matching funds for his mayoral campaign in 2021.