First deputy mayor Sheena Wright is Adams’ second-in-command and the domestic partner of outgoing Schools Chancellor David Banks.
New York City’s first deputy mayor Sheena Wright is stepping down, according to two City Hall sources who requested anonymity ahead of an official announcement. The news comes barely a month after federal agentsher home and seized her electronic devices amid a sprawling series of investigations that have roiled Mayor Eric Adams’ administration.
Wright’s resignation comes just over a week after federal prosecutors indicted Mayor Eric Adams on federal corruption charges. Gov. Kathy Hochul, who has the unilateral authority to remove Adams from office, has been pressuring the mayor to eject embattled aides from his administration. Wright, an attorney and longtime nonprofit executive, has appeared beside the mayor at weekly press conferences. But her tenure was clouded by the visit from federal agents last month.
Phil Banks does not list income from the company, City Safe Partners, on mandatory disclosure forms filed with the city’s Conflicts of Interest Board and has said he divested from the company before assuming his role as deputy mayor for public safety.“It didn’t benefit anybody,” Wright told Gothamist.
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