Mamdani files motion to cut Adams off from NYC's defense in assault case

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani filed a motion for the city to stop representing former Mayor Eric Adams in his sexual assault case.

New York City’s corporation counsel argued in a Tuesday filing in the state Supreme Court in Manhattan that Adams’s alleged assault occurred outside the scope of his employment at the time. This judgment differed from the counsel’s previous position and represents Mamdani’s latest effort to disconnect the city from its scandal-ridden former mayor.