Eric Adams Urges N.Y.C. Officials to Avoid Criticizing Trump Administration

New York|Adams Urges N.Y.C. Officials to Avoid Criticizing Trump Administration

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Mayor Eric Adams on Monday urged a gathering of high-ranking New York City officials to refrain from publicly criticizing the Trump administration over concerns that such criticism could endanger federal funding for the city’s priorities.

The mayor convened the morning meeting with his deputy mayors, agency heads and legal counsels to allow them to air their concerns about how the city has responded to President Trump’s policies, including on immigration, according to three officials who attended the meeting.

Agency heads were looking for guidance on what to do if U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers showed up at public buildings.

Mr. Adams, who has said he would not publicly criticize Mr. Trump, told his staff that he had a responsibility to continue to work with the president, according to the officials, who asked not to be named because they were not authorized to speak about the private meeting. The meeting was first reported by The City, an online news organization.

The mayor said that if he were to comment on social media about Trump administration immigration policies, for example, it would not help the city get funds for public housing or schools and could put at risk $2 billion worth of infrastructure projects, two of the officials said.

The meeting followed uproar last week over a one-page memo that the city’s Law Department, which is overseen by the mayor, sent to city agencies detailing how city workers should respond if ICE officers showed up at city premises.