New York City Mayor Eric Adams has steadfastly said he won’t resign amid his federal indictment, but legal experts say that there is the possibility that he could be forced out of office. If so—and if Adams decides to fight it—the law would require a special, separate trial-like process before removal. Fordham Law Adjunct Professor Jerry H. Goldfeder, director of Fordham Law School’s Voting Rights and Democracy Project, published an op-ed in the New York Law Journal article, breaking down the law and the Roosevelt-Walker precedent.
Read “The Governor and the Mayor: A Modern Seabury Hearing?” in New York Law Journal.