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Is Eric Adams Impervious to Scandal?

2024/9/18
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Tyler Foggett: 本期节目讨论了纽约市长埃里克·亚当斯面临的政治丑闻，以及这些丑闻对其2025年连任竞选的影响。节目中提到了多起联邦调查，涉及亚当斯竞选活动、政府官员以及与土耳其政府的关系。这些调查导致多名政府官员辞职，引发了公众对亚当斯是否会被起诉以及是否能够赢得连任的疑问。 Eric Lach: 围绕亚当斯市长的丑闻错综复杂，主要涉及三项调查：一项调查亚当斯竞选活动与土耳其政府的关系；一项调查Banks兄弟，包括学校校长David Banks和公共安全副市长Phil Banks；一项调查前警察局长Edward Caban及其兄弟James Caban。这些调查揭示了潜在的腐败行为，例如快速办理许可证和收取费用以摆平与警方的纠纷。此外，亚当斯政府的总法律顾问Lisa Zornberg的辞职也引发了人们的担忧。尽管目前没有证据表明亚当斯本人犯错，但这些丑闻损害了他的声誉，并可能影响其连任。 Eric Lach: 尽管亚当斯面临着民调低迷和多起丑闻，但他仍有可能赢得连任。这主要是因为纽约市长选举的参与度低，潜在竞争对手知名度不高，而且纽约市长这个职位权力巨大，但选举制度相对封闭。亚当斯政府在应对移民危机方面取得了一些成绩，但其在其他方面的工作进展缓慢。亚当斯对丑闻的处理方式，以及他对官员的忠诚，加剧了公众对其的不信任。

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Mayor Eric Adams faces multiple scandals, including investigations into his campaign's relationship with the Turkish government, potential city favors in exchange for money involving the Banks brothers, and the former police commissioner's brother allegedly accepting fees to resolve police-related issues. These scandals, coupled with Adams's low approval ratings, raise questions about his political future.
  • Multiple federal investigations are underway into Mayor Adams, his administration, and associates.
  • Key figures in the scandals include the Banks brothers, the Caban brothers, and fire department officials.
  • The investigations involve allegations of corruption, illegal campaign donations, and exchange of favors for money.
  • Despite the scandals, Mayor Adams remains a contender for re-election in 2025.

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Last week, New York City’s police commissioner, Edward Caban, resigned after a federal corruption probe. Shortly after, Mayor Eric Adams’s chief legal adviser also stepped down. But, despite the scandals, Adams remains in contention for reëlection in 2025. “The job of Mayor of New York is a big job,” Eric Lach says. “But it’s also attached to a political system that is insular and small.”

Tyler Foggatt sits down with the New Yorker staff writer Eric Lach to parse the scandals and to preview the upcoming mayoral election.

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