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.
“Based on my review of new evidence since the original decision to represent him was made, I have determined that he is not entitled to representation by the City in this matter,” Mamdani’s corporation counsel, Steve Banks, said in a statement obtained by the New York Times. “Accordingly, the Law Department has asked the court to permit our office to withdraw from representing the former Mayor.”
The lawsuit concerns a 1993 allegation from Lorna Beach-Mathura that Adams sexually assaulted her after she sought career advice from him.
Mamdani’s corporation counsel has also sought to detach itself from two other sexual assault cases involving close allies of Adams: aide Timothy Pearson and police official Jeffrey Maddrey.
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Mamdani has gone to significant lengths to undo much of what Adams did during his tenure as mayor.
On his first day in office, Mamdani signed an executive order undoing all of Adams’s executive orders signed after Sept. 26, 2024, the day of his indictment on corruption charges.