Governor Kathy Hochul has answered the toughest question in New York politics — she will not remove Mayor Eric Adams from office. “My strong belief is that the will of the voters and the supremacy and sanctity of democratic elections preclude me from any other action,” she said.

We are taking a number of steps that give us line of sight into budgetary matters, investigative matters and legal matters to ensure that there’s no area where any decisions can be compromised,” Hochul said,

Instead, the governor plans to add a series of controls to the embattled mayor’s power over New York City, a person close to the governor said.