Republicans are trying to tie New York Democrats to New York City Mayor Eric Adams in the wake of his indictment on federal corruption charges, hoping the association will be a liability for those

New York City Mayor Eric Adams, the rank-and-file transit cop who rose to the city’s most powerful office, is no longer the master of his political destiny.

Eric Adams, who once declared himself the “face of the new Democratic Party,” started his term as New York’s second Black mayor amid background chatter of how he could play a bigger role in national politics.