At least four of Mayor Eric Adams’ deputy mayors are eyeing the door in the wake of the Justice Department’s controversial move to toss Hizzoner’s historic corruption case — which critics say makes him beholden to President Trump, sources told The Post Monday.
First Deputy Mayor Maria Torres Springer, Deputy Mayor for Operations Meera Joshi, Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Anne Williams Isom and Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Chauncey Parker had expressed a desire to resign from the Adams administration last week, according to sources with knowledge of the situation.
Three of Mayor Eric Adams’ deputy mayors, including Maria Torres Springer, are eyeing the door in the wake of the Justice Department’s controversial move to toss Hizzoner’s historic corruption case, sources said. Gabriella BassSources told The Post the administration was scrambling over the weekend to convince the four deputies to stay quiet about — or at least delay — their plans to quit as calls began to mount for Adams himself to resign amid the ongoing DOJ saga.
The aides are said to have already informed Adams of their apparent plans to leave his administration — effective next month — during an in-person meeting at Gracie Mansion on Friday.
They expected to stay on through March, although it’s not clear what their day-to-day functions would be.
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“As we always say, if and when we have personal announcements to make, we will make them,” City Hall spokeswoman Kayla Mamelak told The Post when asked about the meetings.
Details of the meetings emerged after federal prosecutors formally moved to toss the historic corruption case against Adams late Friday.
Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Anne Williams Isom was among those who have signaled a desire to leave. Robert Miller
Deputy Mayor for Operations Meera Joshi and the others joined a Zoom call with Adams on Sunday about the apparent looming departures. Paul MartinkaThe motion to dismiss the case without prejudice — meaning it could be revived later on — followed a wave of resignations in protest of the DOJ’s order for the case to be killed.
The filing, which marked the first formal step to halting Hizzoner’s criminal prosecution, cited, in part, alleged politically motivated prosecution by former Manhattan US Attorney Damian Williams.
The three-page dismissal motion was signed by Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove and filed along with two other members of the DOJ’s DC office — just days after Bove issued the stunning directive to drop the case.






