Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday stood by his decision to finish out his term in office and run for re-election despite the ongoing turmoil plaguing City Hall.
“I am going to serve my term and run for the election,” Adams told reporters during his weekly briefing at City Hall.
“I think when both sides of this come out, people are going to have a second look at this entire event that’s taking place,” he said, referring to the historic federal indictment charging him with bribery and corruption.
“I think my attorneys are going to show both sides,” he added.
His statements came as Manhattan federal prosecutors unsealed a criminal complaint against a former top official in the Adams administration, Mohamed Bahi, accusing him of tampering with witnesses and destroying evidence in the case against the mayor.
Bahi joined a number of high-profile resignations from the administration in recent weeks, the latest of whom, First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright, was announced Tuesday.
Adams stressed that the resignations were part of normal processes in government and distanced the moves from the federal probes.