NYC Mayor Defends Private Dinner in Manhattan With Andrew Cuomo

New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams pushed again Thursday in opposition to the suggestion there was something incorrect together with his dinner this week with former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who resigned amid allegations of sexual harassment final summer time.

“I used to be clear that Governor Cuomo ought to have stepped down when he did, and I don’t step away from that place,” Adams stated on CNN’s “New Day.”

He added, “However I’m not going to go away any stones unturned in getting my metropolis again underneath management to take care of violence, our financial system, and navigate all the lawmakers on this metropolis and state.”

The New York Submit reported that Adams and Cuomo shared a two-hour dinner Tuesday at a Manhattan restaurant, Osteria La Baia, the place patrons greeted the previous governor warmly earlier than the 2 politicians retreated to a personal room.

Adams, a Democrat who took workplace Jan. 1, stated he has met with present and former elected officers together with ex-mayors Mike Bloomberg and Invoice de Blasio as he seeks recommendation on governing.

“I sit down with elected officers throughout this nation to learn the way can we take care of the options,” he stated.

Cuomo, additionally a Democrat, resigned in August after a report from the state’s lawyer normal discovered he had sexually harassed no less than 11 ladies. Cuomo denied deliberately mistreating any of the ladies however stated he would step down to be able to keep away from subjecting the state to months of turmoil.

Requested whether or not he expressed his issues concerning the former governor’s habits throughout their dinner, Adams stated he was “not going to enter personal conversations.”