Mamdani administration wants to pull legal support for ex-NYC mayor Adams in sexual assault lawsuit

Court documents show New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration wants to stop representing Eric Adams in a lawsuit that alleges the former mayor sexually assaulted a woman more than three decades ago. The city’s corporation counsel filed a motion to withdraw from the civil case on Tuesday, arguing that Adams does not qualify for city-funded legal support because he was “not acting within the scope of his City employment” at the time of the alleged assault. The case accuses Adams of sexually assaulting a woman in 1993 when Adams was a police officer. Adams has vehemently denied the allegation and said he does not remember meeting the woman.