While New York City braces for the next presidential administration, the city’s mayor seems at ease — and at times in step — with Donald Trump. In the face of potential mass deportations and federal funding cuts, New York City’s congressional Democrats are hoping for the best and preparing for the worst.
Just this week, Mayor Eric Adams set Democrats on edge by saying that “the Constitution is for Americans,” defending potentially broad deportations under Trump of undocumented immigrants in the city accused of crimes without facing trial.
Adams was hit with a sweeping federal indictment for bribery and campaign finance violations in September. Since then, the mayor has neatly dodged questions about a pardon from the next president. Their relationship has grown warmer in recent months — before the election, Adams chastised Kamala Harris and Democrats for calling Trump a fascist. And it’s been mutual: At the Al Smith dinner, Trump suggested, without basis, that both he and Adams are victims of the same justice system.