New York City Mayor Eric Adams and President-elect Donald Trump spoke for about an hour Friday in Florida, sources said.
NEW YORK − New York City's indicted mayor, Eric Adams, is going to meet with President-elect Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago private club in Florida on Friday, an Adams spokesperson confirmed Thursday evening.
The New York City mayor, who is under federal indictment, has spoken warmly about President-elect Donald J. Trump in recent weeks and has said he is open to receiving a pardon from him.
Mayor Eric Adams has long vowed to fight his pending legal case after federal prosecutors indicted him last year on charges of bribery and campaign-finance fraud. But donations to the fund intended to support his defense appear to be drying up as his trial draws nearer.
Mayor Eric Adams announced a new plan Wednesday to help address the issue of of homeless people with mental illness​.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Mayor Eric Adams of New York City met with President-elect Donald Trump near his Mar-a-Lago compound Friday afternoon in an unusual display of political, and perhaps personal, outreach.
NEW YORK -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams is meeting with President-elect Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago home Friday in Florida, days before the inauguration. Adams' team says he and the president-elect will be discussing "New York priorities," but the mayor's opponents within his party claim he has an ulterior motive: a pardon for himself.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said his meeting with President-elect Donald Trump went “well,” and shared a few details about what the two did — and perhaps more importantly, did not — discuss. The Democratic mayor flew on Thursday to Florida to see the president-elect.
Mayor Eric Adams will meet with President-elect Donald Trump Friday in Mar-a-Lago as Adams faces federal corruption charges. Trump, who will be sworn in three days later, has the power to pardon Adams.
Mayor Eric Adams said that a meeting with President-elect Donald J. Trump was about New York City’s future. Each man has his own reasons to forge close ties.
Of course Mayor Eric Adams was right to meet with President-elect Donald Trump on Friday: New York City needs every friend it can get in Washington, and Queens’ most famous native son can be a very good friend indeed. That Adams’ trip to Florida upset his lefty critics is just icing on the cake.