They had been placed on administrative leave after refusing to abandon the corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams. “We will not confess wrongdoing when there was none,” they wrote.
After Andre Brown’s 40-year sentence was overturned, he went free. The Bronx district attorney appealed, and now he is set to return to prison and leave his wife and children.
Adrienne Adams, the City Council speaker, won endorsements from Letitia James, the state attorney general, and from three major unions including District Council 37.