The mayoralty of New York City is well known for being a dead-end job. No mayor has ever gone on to higher office, though many of them have tried, in over 100 years. The last one, Ardolph Loges Kline,

The biggest city in the country is in the midst of a major political scandal, and things appear to be unraveling in New York Mayor Eric Adam's administration. There are federal investigations, top level resignations,

Mayor Eric Adams’s counsel and chief legal adviser, Lisa Zornberg, abruptly resigned on Saturday — a major departure from the administration at a time when the mayor and his inner circle face an onslaught of federal investigations.

No indictments have come down, and no one has been accused or charged with any wrongdoing, but as federal agents raid the homes and scoop up the phones of top officials, questions are multiplying about some of the people Mr Adams has chosen to help him manage America’s biggest city.

City lawmakers are calling for the mayor to step down as his inner circle comes under even more legal scrutiny

As four separate federal investigations plague Mayor Eric Adams and his administration, progressive politicians such as Councilmember Tiffany Cabán (D-Queens), state Senator Julia Salazar (D-Brooklyn) and Assemblymember Emily Gallagher (D-Brooklyn) have called on him to resign.