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Just hours before New York City mayor Eric Adams was hit with a federal indictment, a split within the New York Democratic Party had already begun.
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the democratic socialist congresswoman from the Bronx and Queens, called on Adams to resign. "I do not see how Mayor Adams can continue governing New York City," she wrote on Twitter. "The flood of resignations and vacancies are threatening gov function. Nonstop investigations will make it impossible to recruit and retain a qualified administration.For the good of the city, he should resign."
But shortly thereafter, a reporter from a New York station asked House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries asked about Ocasio-Cortez's claims during a press conference.
"Eric Adams is working as hard as he can to be the best mayor possible and meet the needs of the residents of New York City," Jefferies said in response. "We need Eric Adams to be successful as mayor, because he is the mayor at this moment in time."
That evening, after the final votes in the House before the election were cast, the indictment dropped.
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