Adams & Parker Accused of Assault + Adams Approval Rating Dips
No. 350 | Monday, November 27, 2023
The NYC Thorn is a weekly roundup of local political news compiled by members of NYC-DSA.
Eric Adams Scandal News
The deadline for the Adult Survivors Act (ASA), which was passed by the state legislature last year and extended the statute of limitations for civil suits related to sexual assault, saw a flurry of new suits filed, including one against Mayor Eric Adams, for alleging assaulting a woman in 1993—an allegation Adams has denied. An NYPD officer is also suing her union representative. And State Senator Kevin Parker (District 21, Flatbush), who was challenged in 2022 by DSA-endorsed David Alexis and has a history of violent outbursts towards colleagues and reporters, has been accused of rape in a suit made possible under the ASA.
A new poll shows approval rating for Mayor Adams sinking, with more than half of respondents disapproving of his performance in office and more than 70% responding that they believe he did something illegal or unethical during his mayoral campaign.
Local News
New York's highest court is likely to decide in the coming month whether state Democrats will redraw the state's congressional map will be redrawn ahead of 2024 elections in a manner that could reverse some of the state party's losses in 2022.
A bill passed by the legislature to increase transparency among LLCs is one of many awaiting Governor Kathy Hochul's signature before the end of the year.
City lawyers are trying to recoup $474,000 from former Mayor Bill de Blasio to cover expenses incurred from his failed run for president in 2020.
Even as federal prosecutors are moving to strip the City of its authority over Rikers Island due to "dangerous conditions that perpetually plague the jails," Mayor Adams insists that the situation there is moving in the "right direction."
Despite the state's new HALT Solitary Confinement Act, which strictly limits the use of solitary confinement in New York correctional facilities, jails around the state are finding ways to circumvent the law.
Rideshare service Revel is ending its shared moped service in New York.
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