Mayor Adams says any charges will be 'entirely false, based on lies' and he will not step down from his job running the city.
New York Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted amid federal criminal investigations into his administration. He is expected to be formally charged later today, although it is currently unclear what charge or charges he is facing as the indictment remains sealed. It will make him the first of the city's 110 mayors to be criminally charged while in office. The indictment comes as the FBI investigates the running of America's biggest city and a string of unexpected departures of top officials.
'I always knew that If I stood my ground for all of you, that I would be a target - and a target I became,' the mayor said. 'For months, leaks and rumors have been aimed at me in an attempt to undermine my credibility and paint me as guilty.' Mr Adams, 64, vowed to stay in the job and 'fight these injustices with every ounce of my strength and my spirit'.
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