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Finding the college that fits you best is a tough process. Visiting the campuses you are considering is the very best way to explore your options. During the fall semester, we offer several weekend programs designed to give prospective students a peek into the life of a W&M student in order to get to know the personality of our campus.

Fall Focus Day events are designed to introduce you to many elements of the W&M experience. Hear from faculty, students, and community members about the many reasons they feel the university is a unique environment in which to learn, play and grow. Each event will showcase the creative talents of our students by including performances from some of our most well-known student organizations. The day includes a panel of current students plus faculty and campus administrators, an information session given by an admission counselor, and also a campus tour led by a student tour guide. While you are in town, we'd encourage you to cheer on the Tribe and join us for a game! Explore the different game day opportunities and special ticket discounts . 

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Oscar winner Cord Jefferson ’04 to be 2024 Homecoming Grand Marshal

Jefferson will lead the parade, share insights in the presidential conversation and more.

September 25, 2024 By Claire De Lisle M.B.A. ’21

The William & Mary Alumni Association will honor award-winning writer and director Cord Jefferson ’04 as this year’s Homecoming & Reunion Weekend grand marshal. He will lead the Homecoming Parade on Friday, Oct. 18, then share his insights in the Presidential Conversation on Saturday morning, Oct. 19. He also will be honored on the field at halftime during the Homecoming game on Saturday afternoon.

“Cord Jefferson entertains, inspires and provokes through his art, and the world is taking notice. We are proud to recognize Cord Jefferson’s accomplishments with the title of grand marshal, especially as we continue our celebration of the Year of the Arts,” said Matthew “Matt” L. Brandon ’92, CEO of the W&M Alumni Association. “We greatly appreciate Cord coming back to celebrate Homecoming & Reunion Weekend with his William & Mary family.”

In 2023, Jefferson made his directorial debut with the film “American Fiction,” which won him an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He has also written for TV shows such as “Master of None,” “The Good Place,” “Station Eleven” and “Watchmen,” for which he won an Emmy Award along with show creator Damon Lindelof in 2020.

In a special opportunity for W&M students, Jefferson will host a screening of “American Fiction” with a Q&A while on campus. He is also celebrating his 20th reunion with the Class of 2004 this year.

“Homecoming was always one of the most memorable times of year when I was a student at William & Mary, a moment to enjoy the abiding traditions and friendships that help decorate our alma mater's rich history,” says Jefferson. “I'm honored to be returning as grand marshal on the 20th anniversary of my graduation. I look forward to catching up with old friends and making new ones at the planned events, or whilst waiting in line for a Wawa sub at 2:30 in the morning.”

As a biracial youth who grew up in a mostly white suburb of Tucson, Arizona, Jefferson became a sociology major at William & Mary to help make sense of the world. He learned of William & Mary through his father, Wilson C. “Jeff” Jefferson Jr. J.D. ’72, who was the second Black graduate of W&M Law School. As a student, Cord Jefferson delved into topics of women’s history, immigration, criminal justice and the politics of being Black in America. He continued exploring those themes as a journalist in Los Angeles, New York City and Washington, D.C. 

He got a big break in 2013 when MSNBC’s “All In” host, Chris Hayes, invited him on the show after reading a column Jefferson had written as West Coast editor of Gawker. That appearance led to an opportunity to write for the TV show “Survivor’s Remorse,” followed by “The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore” and others. In 2022, The Yale Review published his first piece of short fiction, “The Front House,” which was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.

Jefferson pays it forward through the Susan M. Haas Fellowship — founded in honor of his late mother — to help unemployed or underemployed journalists break into television. Read more about his career in “ Art Mirrors Life ” from the W&M Alumni Magazine.

In March 2024, he returned to William & Mary for the Ampersand International Arts Festival . During a discussion moderated by filmmaker and W&M Alumni Association board member Milan Chakraborty ’00, Jefferson shared his advice for those pursuing a career in the arts: Keep creating work that you’re proud of and don’t let rejection get you down. Read more in “ Truth and ‘Fiction’ ” from the W&M Alumni Magazine.

He will discuss similar themes during Homecoming’s Presidential Conversation with W&M President Katherine A. Rowe. As William & Mary continues its celebration of the Year of the Arts, they will explore how entrepreneurial thinking — including creativity and openness to risk — defined Jefferson’s journey from William & Mary to the entertainment industry.

Register online for Homecoming & Reunion Weekend events through Oct. 10. On-site registration will also be available, but online registration is recommended to reserve your space.

William Thomas Cohen jailed for six and a half years for abusing five sons at North Island locations in 1980s and 90s

WARNING: This article discusses child abuse and may be upsetting to some readers.

For decades, their cries went unheard, but in a moment of long-awaited justice, five brothers stood together as their “sadistic” father was finally sentenced for the historic abuse that scarred their childhoods and haunted their lives.

William Thomas Cohen , 68, pleaded not guilty to 38 historical abuse charges in February 2022 and went to trial in June this year. He was found guilty of 18 of those charges by a jury.

Throughout the three-week trial, the court heard how Cohen subjected his five sons to physical and psychological abuse for more than a decade between 1988 and 1999 and at various locations including Feilding, Himatangi Beach and Te Kōpuru.

Examples included lining them up the day after the 1990 Aramoana massacre and threatening to shoot them, beating and strangling them and firing shots over their heads as they ran for cover.

The incidents were so brutal that the boys were left with long-lasting impacts well into their adult years, some of which they shared with their father at his sentencing in the Whangārei District Court.

“As a kid, I remember feeling inferior to others, as if I had some secret to hide. I’ve always been unsettled, with more than 40 jobs and 50 houses.

“What you did to us Bill was mean, when I look back, I still hate you,” one son said as he read his victim impact statement.

“All you passed on was unhealthy habits and bad memories.”

Another said his father was a narcissistic, angry person and it was now his turn to sit and listen.

“All this will mean nothing to you, when I was going through a rough time as a teenager your typical narcissistic response was ‘How will this look to you?’

”You’ll be sitting there feeling sorry for yourself, making yourself the victim. You won’t even be listening, you’ll be just wanting to have your say.”

He said he had lived a life of feeling constantly inadequate and when he spoke out as a child and no one listened to him, he felt worthless.

But the day he heard his father was being held in custody was one he would never forget.

“To be finally heard and acknowledged for the pain and suffering you put me through. To experience a sense of justice has enabled me to process the hurt.”

A third son said in his victim impact statement that having children pushed him to confront his trauma and come forward so his children could see that justice can work.

The brothers were originally placed in state care after their parents separated before returning to the full-time care of their father.

At trial, Cohen’s defence was it was a different time and he was under financial stress with no support looking after five boys whom he’d previously described as like “herding cats”.

The boys endured multiple beatings over the years with jug cords over the knuckles for getting times tables wrong, having their heads held under cold water gasping for breath, being strangled until passing out and several terrifying incidents that involved guns.

On one occasion he gave the boys a countdown to run and as they did he fired shots above their heads. One of the victims described feeling like they were running so hard, that their feet were not touching the ground.

They hid in the bush for hours until it was dark and only returned when Cohen finally found them and told them he would not hurt them.

On another occasion, he lined all five boys up the day after the Aramoana shooting and threatened to do the same to them, but said he’d only need one bullet.

He allegedly told them to keep their heads still before leaving the room to get a rifle and returning saying: “I’m going to f****** do it! Say goodbye to each other!”.

The ordeal was estimated to have gone on for at least an hour before he told the boys “I’m just playing mind games with you.”

The eldest son recalled the worst hiding he ever received was being thrown around a cabin by his father so hard, his ear ruptured while his father called him a “pussy” amongst other derogatory terms. Cohen also smashed the boy’s much-loved guitar that had been gifted to him.

Despite one boy running away and social welfare being aware things were not right in the Cohen home, no government services intervened.

Living in terror

Judge Taryn Bayley said she did not accept Cohen had no support nor that the 80s was a time when children were disciplined.

“You had extended family, opportunity for respite and had a good relationship with your family lawyer at the time. You remarried and had the support of a partner. None of these acts constituted parental discipline. There is no basis to accept that type of behaviour was more acceptable then than in the current time.”

Judge Bayley said the boys were defenceless, isolated and living in terror believing their father would carry out the threats to kill.

“They did not know in that moment if they were going to live or they were going to die.

“It was cruel and added to their terror. This was, of any view, sadistic behaviour. I cannot summarise the lasting emotional harm you have caused. It is immeasurable.”

Judge Bayley said Cohen continues to accept no responsibility and the intolerance of violence towards children must be recognised.

“No one is able to erase the ongoing harm you have caused your sons,” Judge Bayley said.

Cohen was sentenced to six and a half years’ imprisonment.

Shannon Pitman is a Whangārei based reporter for Open Justice covering courts in the Te Tai Tokerau region. She is of Ngāpuhi/ Ngāti Pūkenga descent and has worked in digital media for the past five years. She joined NZME in 2023.

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Eric Adams Is Indicted in New York

The indictment makes Mr. Adams the first sitting New York City mayor to face criminal charges. The mayor vowed to fight the charges.

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Here’s the latest on the mayor’s indictment.

Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted on federal criminal charges, according to people with knowledge of the matter, and will be the first mayor in modern New York City history to be charged while in office.

The indictment is sealed, and it was unclear what charge or charges Mr. Adams, a Democrat, will face or when he will surrender to the authorities. Federal prosecutors were expected to announce the details of the indictment on Thursday.

The mayor, in a videotaped speech posted online late Wednesday, adopted a combative tone, saying any charges against him would be “entirely false” and “based on lies.” He said he had been targeted by the federal authorities because he had “stood my ground” for New Yorkers.

Mr. Adams, 64, also made it clear he had no intention of resigning, which he is not required to do under the City Charter. He said he would request an “immediate” trial and would “fight these injustices with every ounce of my strength, and my spirit.”

The indictment comes a little less than a year after federal agents searched the home of Mr. Adams’s chief fund-raiser and seized the mayor’s electronic devices as he left a public event in Manhattan.

The mayor and his aides have said he was cooperating with the authorities, and Mr. Adams has continued to insist that he has done nothing wrong.

Mr. Adams, a retired police captain, was elected New York’s 110th mayor in 2021 after a campaign built on a pledge to reduce crime, bring professionalism to City Hall and tap his personal brand of “swagger.”

But he staffed top positions with friends and loyalists, and his inner circle became engulfed by federal investigations . This month, federal agents seized phones from numerous top city officials , including a top aide to Mr. Adams, the schools chancellor and the police commissioner. The commissioner, Edward A. Caban , and the schools chancellor, David C. Banks , later resigned.

Mr. Adams, the second Black person to lead the nation’s largest city, was already facing a competitive primary in his run for re-election next year, and the indictment was likely to prompt more challengers to enter the race.

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The indictment raised immediate questions about Mr. Adams’s ability to serve as mayor, adding to the growing pressure for him to step down. Gov. Kathy Hochul has the power to remove him from office.

Mr. Adams made it clear in his statement that he had no immediate plans to resign. If he changes his mind, Jumaane Williams, the city’s public advocate, will become the city’s acting mayor .

Several federal corruption investigations have reached top people around Mr. Adams, with some of the highest-ranking officials in his administration coming under scrutiny. Read more about the investigations here . Here is a timeline of the key moments leading up to the indictment .

The swarm of federal inquiries in the lead-up to the indictment of Mr. Adams plunged his administration into a free fall, further diminishing his political stature. It raised doubts about his re-election chances next year and his ability to engage with other political leaders. Read more about the challenges in City Hall here .

At around 11:30 p.m., Frank Carone, the former City Hall chief of staff, exited Gracie Mansion. In a grey suit, Carone described the mayor as “strong” and said he would not respond to calls to resign. “Like anybody else, he is innocent until proven guilty and he deserves his day in court,” Carone said. In response to questions about whether Adams would or should be replaced, he spoke sternly. “There is one mayor of New York City, and that is Eric Adams.”

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Avi Small, a spokesman for Gov. Kathy Hochul, said in a statement that the governor was aware of the mayor's indictment and would be monitoring the situation. “It would be premature to comment further until the matter is confirmed by law enforcement,” Small said.

Tracking Charges and Investigations in Eric Adams’s Orbit

Four federal corruption inquiries have reached into the world of Mayor Eric Adams of New York. Here is a closer look at the charges against Mr. Adams and how people with ties to him are related to the inquiries.

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Robert Holden, a Democratic councilman from Queens, said it’s a “sad day for NYC when a sitting mayor is indicted on federal charges.”

While Adams is “presumed innocent until proven guilty, there is no way he can effectively lead with this cloud hanging over him,” he said, calling for the mayor to step down.

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Councilwoman Tiffany Cabán, who last week became the first City Councilmember to urge Adams to resign, renewed her call for the mayor to step down in a post on X on Wednesday. “It was true when I called on him to resign a week ago, and it’s true now: he is unable to effectively lead and govern,” Cabán wrote. “While he awaits his right to due process, he must resign. New York deserves better.”

Eric Adams is the first sitting NY mayor to be indicted on criminal charges. It was true when I called on him to resign a week ago, and it’s true now: he is unable to effectively lead and govern. While he awaits his right to due process, he must resign. New York deserves better. https://t.co/FPsu3Kjdd1 — Tiffany Cabán (@tiffany_caban) September 26, 2024

Chi Osse, a Brooklyn councilman, called for Adams to resign in a video posted online at around 11 p.m. Wednesday night. Following the federal searches and series of resignations in recent weeks, “no one is running our city right now,” he said. “This city of nine million people needs someone steering the ship,” he said. “And now it’s clear that it cannot be corrupt cop Eric Adams.”

NYC: we need a new Mayor pic.twitter.com/SJhWehfcsM — Chi Ossé (@OsseChi) September 26, 2024

News of the indictment is already shifting the flow of local politics. VOCAL-NY just said they have canceled the Thursday news conference to protest Adams' proposal to give police more power. “We need people to be focused, and I don’t think people will be able to do so tomorrow,” said Jawanza Williams, managing director of organizing for the group. “We need to get this distraction out of the way and focus on a government that helps New Yorkers.”

Sandy Nurse, a Brooklyn councilwoman who serves as Chair of the Committee on Criminal Justice, said Adams ran on a platform of “law and order” and “never missed a chance to attack progressives and the left, accusing us of being unserious about community safety and crime.”

“It is impossible to govern a city effectively amidst a constant stream of resignations, scandals and now indictment,” she said. Nurse joined the chorus of city leaders in calling for Adams to resign.

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If the mayor were to resign, Jumaane Williams, the city’s public advocate, would become the acting mayor . Matt Antar, the finance chairman of the New York Young Republicans Club, said in a post on X that the mayor was “terrible” and “made unforgivable policy choices in his administration.”

Eric Adams is a terrible mayor who has made unforgivable policy choices in his administration. There is no doubt about it. But every communist progressive they have lined up to take his place would be 10 times worse. You don’t want Jumaane Williams to be mayor. This is not good. — Matt Antar (@mantarnyc) September 26, 2024

But, Mr. Antar added: “Every communist progressive they have lined up to take his place would be 10 times worse. You don’t want Jumaane Williams to be mayor,” he wrote.

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The governor can remove Eric Adams from office.

The indictment of Mayor Eric Adams prompted calls for his resignation Wednesday evening, but there is no legal requirement that he leave office.

If he does resign before his term ends, the city’s public advocate, Jumaane Williams , would become acting mayor and a special election would be scheduled.

A special election would most likely draw a number of candidates, at least some of whom have already declared that they will run against Mr. Adams in next year’s Democratic primary. Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who is seeking a political comeback, could also join the field.

Mr. Adams, in a videotaped speech posted online late Wednesday , proclaimed his innocence, vowed to fight any charges against him and made it clear he did not plan to resign.

Mayor Eric Adams Vows to Fight Federal Indictment Against Him

In a videotaped speech, mr. adams said any charges against him would be “false” and said that he will continue to lead as mayor of the city..

My fellow New Yorkers. It is now my belief that the federal government intends to charge me with crimes. If so, these charges would be entirely false based on lies. But they would not be surprising. I always knew that if I stood my ground for all of you, that I would be a target. And a target I became. I will fight these injustices with every ounce of my strength and my spirit. If I’m charged, I know I’m innocent. I will request an immediate trial so that New Yorkers can hear the truth. I have been facing these lies for months since I began to speak out for all of you and their investigation started. Yet the city has continued to improve. Make no mistake. You elected me to lead this city. And lead it I will. I humbly ask for your prayers and your patience as we see this through. God bless you and God bless the City of New York. Thank you.

There is another way Mr. Adams could leave office: The New York City Charter gives Gov. Kathy Hochul the power to remove him. But the process would be complicated.

Under the charter, Ms. Hochul, who had not commented on the indictment as of late Wednesday, could suspend Mr. Adams for up to 30 days and then remove him “after service upon him of a copy of the charges and an opportunity to be heard in his defense.”

That is where New Yorkers would be entering uncharted territory. A governor has not exercised such powers in recent memory. The closest precedent occurred in 1931, when Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt held 14 days of hearings into the misconduct of Mayor Jimmy Walker, who eventually resigned in 1932 before going to Europe.

Roosevelt’s hearings took place in the Statehouse’s Red Room. As he prepared to assume the presidency in 1933, he filed several memorandums explaining the hearings with the state attorney general and defending his power to remove Mr. Walker.

Roosevelt, The New York Times wrote at the time, thought the memos were “of some importance because the Walker case in the future would be referred to in other cases involving the power of removal of certain public officials by the governor and because, unlike cases at law, no opportunity exists for including a digest of any such extensive cases in any law report.”

It is unclear how Ms. Hochul would pursue Mr. Adams’s removal, or if she would try.

“When the Constitution, statutes and City Charter are read together, the governor has broad latitude in deciding what actions or failures to act would justify removing a mayor from office,” said James M. McGuire, a former counsel to Gov. George Pataki now in private practice. Mr. McGuire noted that some specific charges are required, but the courts have never determined how specific they must be, enabling governors “to use the removal power as a club to force resignations.”

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In a defiant video, Adams calls any charges against him ‘entirely false.’

Mayor Eric Adams released a videotaped speech late Wednesday, calling any federal charges against him “entirely false” and “based on lies.”

Mr. Adams, a Democrat who is running for re-election next year, stood in front of an American flag as he spoke to New Yorkers and took a somber tone. He appeared to be speaking at Gracie Mansion; it appeared that he recorded the video before he knew he had been indicted.

“If I am charged, I know I am innocent,” he said. “I will request an immediate trial so that New Yorkers can hear the truth.”

Mr. Adams, the city’s second Black mayor, won a competitive Democratic primary in 2021 on a public safety message. As a former police officer, he has said that he follows the law and instructs city officials to do the same.

He vowed to continue as mayor despite a series of high-profile departures from his administration, including his police commissioner, schools chancellor and health commissioner.

“I will fight these injustices with every ounce of my strength and my spirit,” he said, his demeanor alternating from sober to indignant.

Mr. Adams has had a rocky relationship with the Biden administration over the migrant crisis, and the mayor has warned that it would destroy New York City. He mentioned that battle as an example of how he had fought injustices during his career and appeared to suggest that it might be a reason he was targeted.

“Despite our pleas, when the federal government did nothing as its broken immigration policies overloaded our shelter system with no relief, I put the people of New York before party and politics,” he said.

Mr. Adams ended the speech with a reference to his faith, a central part of his biography. The mayor has said that God told him that he would be mayor .

“I humbly ask for your prayers and your patience as we see this through,” he said. “God bless you and God bless the city of New York.”

Olayemi Olurin, a lawyer and political commentator who faced off against Adams on “The Breakfast Club” earlier this year, also chimed in on Adams’s indictment on Wednesday. Olurin debated Adams on his public safety policy, which she said was damaging to Black and Latino, poor and working class people.

“And now he’s been indicted for corruption,” she said online. “N.Y.C. is going to remember him, alright.”

These are the people running for mayor in the Democratic primary.

Now that Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted, his path to re-election in New York is likely to become much more difficult.

Mr. Adams is running for a second term in a competitive Democratic primary next June. Already, four prominent Democrats have entered the race, arguing that Mr. Adams is a poor manager and has not addressed the city’s affordability crisis. And even more challengers may enter the race.

So far, the field includes Brad Lander , the city’s left-leaning comptroller who recently pledged to end street homelessness for severely mentally ill people, and Scott Stringer , a former city comptroller who has focused on affordable housing and whose 2021 mayoral campaign was derailed by allegations of sexual misconduct.

There is also Zellnor Myrie , a state senator from Brooklyn who is proposing free “universal after-school” programs, and Jessica Ramos , a state senator from Queens who has focused on affordability and is friendly with unions.

Zohran Mamdani, a state assemblyman from Queens who is weighing entering the race, wants to stop rent increases that have taken place under Mr. Adams. And former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who resigned in 2021 after facing a series of sexual harassment allegations, is also considering running, and has focused this year on combating antisemitism .

If Mr. Adams resigns, the city’s public advocate, Jumaane Williams , would become acting mayor and might run for the job on a permanent basis. Mr. Williams is a left-leaning former City Council member from Brooklyn who has been a fierce critic of Mr. Adams , assailing the mayor’s aggressive policing strategy.

Mr. Adams’s approval rating was already dismal before his indictment. In a Quinnipiac poll taken last December , only 28 percent of New Yorkers approved of the job he was doing — the lowest rating for any New York City mayor in a Quinnipiac survey since it began polling the city in 1996.

Mr. Adams, a former police officer who ran for mayor on a public safety message, won by a slim margin in the 2021 Democratic primary. He beat his closest challenger, Kathryn Garcia, the city’s former sanitation commissioner, by roughly 7,200 votes.

Assemblyman Tony Simone also called on the mayor to resign. “Like so many New Yorkers I no longer have faith in his ability to execute the job of Mayor and call for Mayor Adams to resign,” Simone said in a statement.

Gale A. Brewer, a councilwoman from Manhattan, said news of Adams’s indictment was “hard on the Mayor and also hard on New York City.” Brewer, through a spokesman, said that “we need leadership on so many issues and it will be difficult to get answers on legislative proposals, policy ideas, and ongoing projects. With so many Commissioners and Mayoral officials resigning, it will not be business as usual. Decision making takes a back seat.”

Brad Hoylman-Sigal, a state senator who represents parts of Manhattan, said on social media that Adams “must resign now.”

“It’s untenable for Mayor Adams to continue in office while under federal indictment,” he said.

Earlier today, as he introduced the new schools chancellor in the Bronx, Adams pondered his legacy. He recalled his first deputy mayor taking his staff to the Museum of the City of New York, where they looked at the history of previous administrations and reflected on the level of commitment required to do a good job, he said, “because one day, our names were going to be on those walls.” He added: “And what did we do right? And what did we do for the people of this city?” Now, no history of his administration will be complete without mentioning his indictment and the flood of calls for his resignation.

It’s been over an hour since the news of Adams’s indictment broke, and still no word from Gov. Kathy Hochul. She has been a key partner of the mayor, working closely with him to push for changes for the state’s bail laws and more money for migrant services. When asked earlier this year if she would support his re-election bid, she said that they were “very strong allies and working together,” adding that reporters could read into that whatever they wished. Tonight that alliance is being tested.

News reporters are gathered in the dark outside Gracie Mansion, the mayor’s official residence. Every so often a black S.U.V. zips up the driveway toward the buttercup yellow building.

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Just yesterday, Adams was asked about the federal inquiries into his administration when speaking to reporters at City Hall. He has generally referred to them as “reviews,” as he did yesterday, although recently he has referred to them as what they actually are: investigations. Adams said: “Whatever information is needed, we’re going to turn over, but we’re going to respect the fact that federal agencies have stated they don’t want us talking on these reviews as they’re taking place. Let me respect that. It’s going to go to process.”

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Calls surge for Mayor Adams to resign.

Even before news of Mayor Eric Adams’s indictment was made public on Wednesday, prominent elected officials had already called for his resignation, most notably Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York. But after the news of the mayor’s indictment, the calls for his resignation promptly surged. Mr. Adams is not required to resign.

Scott Stringer, the former New York City comptroller who is among the Democrats running against Mr. Adams in next year’s Democratic primary, said on Wednesday night that the mayor needed to “resign for the good of the city,” repeating a line used by Ms. Ocasio-Cortez .

“There is simply zero chance that the wheels of government will move forward from this full steam ahead,” Mr. Stringer said in a statement. “Instead, we are left with a broken down train wreck of a municipal government.”

Brad Lander, the current New York City comptroller, who is also running for mayor, echoed the sentiment.

“Mayor Adams, like all New Yorkers, deserves due process, the presumption of innocence, and his day in court,” he wrote on X. “However, it is clear that defending himself against serious federal charges will require a significant amount of the time and attention needed to govern this great city. The most appropriate path forward is for him to step down so that New York City can get the full focus its leadership demands.”

Zellnor Myrie, a state senator from Brooklyn who is also running for mayor against Mr. Adams, joined the chorus. “We need a leader who is fully focused, without distraction, on the enormous challenges we face — from housing affordability to public safety,” Mr. Myrie wrote on X. “A mayor under the weight of a serious indictment can no longer do that — and today I am calling on him to resign.”

Councilman Shekar Krishnan, who represents a district in Queens, said Mr. Adams “will absolutely be unable to lead from inside a courtroom. He must resign.”

State Senator John Liu, another Queens Democrat, said New Yorkers “need a mayor who is able to devote full time and full energy to putting the city on the right track, including recruitment and retention of top leadership for the city.” He added: “Mayor Adams is simply unable to do that for the foreseeable future and therefore, for the good of all New Yorkers, must resign immediately.”

Other elected officials who have called for Mr. Adams to step down include State Senators Gustavo Rivera, Julia Salazar and Jabari Brisport; City Councilmembers Tiffany Cabán and Alexa Avilés; and Assemblymembers Emily Gallagher and Phara Souffrant Forrest.

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Mayor Eric Adams released a video late Wednesday saying that any charges against him would be “entirely false, based on lies.” He added: “If I am charged, I know I am innocent. I will request an immediate trial so that New Yorkers can hear the truth.”

Mayor Eric Adams has fought with the Biden administration over the migrant crisis, warning that it would destroy New York City, and he mentioned that dispute in his videotaped speech defending himself: “Despite our pleas, when the federal government did nothing as its broken immigration policies overloaded our shelter system with no relief, I put the people of New York before party and politics.”

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One of the mayor’s lawyers, Brendan R. Maguire of WilmerHale, said they haven’t been notified of the charges.

Prosecutors from the U.S. attorney’s office, the F.B.I. and the city’s Department of Investigation examined free flights and flight upgrades the mayor received from Turkish Airlines. But because the indictment remains sealed, it is unclear whether his receipt of those benefits is the basis for any crimes charged in the document.

A lawyer for the carrier, which is owned in part by the Turkish government, said in a statement that it had been in contact with prosecutors about the investigation for some time. “Turkish Airlines has been complying with law enforcement’s lawful requests for information, and at no point has been accused of any wrongdoing by the government,” said the lawyer, Timothy Sini, a partner with Nixon Peabody.

Emily Gallagher, a New York State Assemblywoman who represents neighborhoods in North Brooklyn, called for a new mayor.

“A mayor who cuts education, library budgets, and parks, who surrounds himself with criminals and alleged corruption up to the very top, does not deserve our trust,” she said.

A spokesman for Jumaane Williams, the city’s public advocate who would become acting mayor if Adams resigns, stopped short of calling on Adams to resign. He said in a statement: “The news of this indictment is itself incredibly serious. As the facts emerge, the public advocate will have more to say to the people of New York City, and right now, he is focused on how best to ensure that New Yorkers can regain trust, confidence and stability in city government.”

Shahana Hanif, a Democratic councilwoman from Brooklyn, joined the growing call from city council members for Adams to resign. “It’s clear that Mayor Adams can no longer effectively serve New Yorkers,” she said Wednesday.

If Adams resigns, Jumaane Williams will become acting mayor.

If Mayor Eric Adams were to resign, New York City’s public advocate, Jumaane Williams, would become the acting mayor.

Mr. Williams, a left-leaning Democrat from Brooklyn, has served as public advocate since winning a special election in 2019. He was re-elected to a full term in 2021 and ran unsuccessfully for governor the next year.

Mr. Williams has been a fierce critic of Mr. Adams , assailing the mayor’s aggressive policing strategy and pushing to end solitary confinement in city jails. Mr. Williams has also cast doubts about the mayor’s ability to govern amid a swirl of federal investigations.

Within three days of becoming mayor, Mr. Williams would name a date for a special election to pick a new mayor, according to the city’s charter . The nonpartisan election could be held within 90 days. The city’s relatively new ranked-choice voting system, in which voters can rank multiple candidates, would be used.

No public advocate has become acting mayor before. Only two mayors have resigned — Jimmy Walker in 1932 and William O’Dwyer in 1950 — both after corruption scandals. The office of public advocate was created in 1993.

Mr. Williams said recently that he was exhausted and angered by the troubling headlines about Mr. Adams and his administration, arguing that the municipal corruption scandals appeared to be “the worst since Tammany Hall.”

“I’m not sure how you continue to govern with, every day, more corrupt arrests, more corrupt suspicions,” he said.

Mr. Adams has insisted that he will not resign. The mayor recently told reporters that more than 700,000 people had voted for him in the 2021 election.

“I was elected by the people of the city, and I’m going to fulfill my obligation to the people of this city,” he said.

On Wednesday, after news of his indictment was made public, the mayor made it clear that his stance had not changed.

“I always knew that if I stood my ground for New Yorkers that I would be a target — and a target I became,” Mr. Adams said in a statement. “If I am charged, I am innocent and I will fight this with every ounce of my strength and spirit.”

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