The Rev. Al Sharpton was spotted arriving at Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office in Midtown for the first of a high-stakes set of meetings Tuesday over Mayor Eric Adams’ future.
Sharpton stayed silent when The Post asked the Democratic powerbroker what he’ll say to Hochul, who is weighing whether to remove Adams from office over growing concerns that he’s politically beholden to President Trump.
The governor announced the extraordinary set of sit-downs – which are also expected to include City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, Comptroller Brad Lander, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Queens Borough President Donovan Richards – after four New York City deputy mayors resigned en masse Monday.
“If they feel unable to serve in City Hall at this time, that raises serious questions about the long-term future of this Mayoral administration,” the Democratic governor said.
The resignations crystallized fears that Adams has lost the ability to govern the nation’s largest city in the aftermath of Trump’s Department of Justice moving to scuttle his corruption case – an order that a key prosecutor claimed came as part of a “quid pro quo” deal that put the mayor in the new president’s pocket.
About 30 protesters gathered outside the governor’s Third Avenue office to push Hochul to oust Adams.
“We cannot have a mayor who is corrupt, who is a turncoat, who has switched sides,” said Darius Gordon, a protester from the Met Council on Housing.
“We want Adams to be removed today.”
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