Majority Want Eric Adams to Resign, Times/Siena Poll Finds

A majority of New York City voters believe Mayor Eric Adams broke the law and should resign from office after being indicted on bribery and corruption charges, according to a new survey from The New York Times and Siena College that showed a dangerous erosion in his political standing.The poll found that 53 percent of registered voters think Mr.Adams, a Democrat, should step down, while 40 percent favor him serving out the remaining 14 months of his term.Even fewer, just 26 percent of voters, said they approved of the job he was doing as mayor.

And in a hypothetical primary next year, registered Democrats put Mr.Adams in third place behind former Gov.

Andrew M.Cuomo and Letitia James, the state attorney general.The findings come as Mr.

Adams resists calls to resign while he begins to prepare for a potential trial in early spring and a challenging primary next June.He pleaded not guilty last month to charges that he had accepted luxury travel perks and illegal campaign donations from Turkey in exchange for political favors.[Kamala Harris’s standing in New York City represents a major decline in Democratic support since 2020, Nate Cohn writes.]...