For a moment, it looked like New York City Mayor Eric Adams might walk away scot free. But as pressure mounts amid concerns that his ability to govern is compromised, Governor Kathy Hochul said Monday she would weigh whether to remove the Democratic mayor from his office in what would be an unprecedented action in New York State history.

The governor isn’t closing the door on giving the mayor the boot. State and city law lay out a process for doing so.

Pressure is again building around removing New York City Mayor Eric Adams from office following new allegations that his legal team agreed to cooperate with the Trump administration’s immigration policies in exchange for federal prosecutors dropping his corruption charges.