Mayor Eric Adams and three other Democrats will be in hot seating for a High Stakes Council hearing in the Sanctuary City on Wednesday.
In a brief comment to reporters before the hearing, Adams walked a political tightrope around Sanctuary City law that would not defend or oppose city policies.
“That's the law,” he said. He pressed whether there was room for the Sanctuary Act to advance.
“But I would also like to share with Congressional leadership in a way that I work with federal partners every day in chasing dangerous people in our cities, and that's what I've always done.”
The mayor has testified alongside Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Denver Mayor Mike Johnston.
James Kommer, chairman of the House of Representatives' Oversight and Government Reform Committee, called him a “standard,” but did not offer such pleasure to his counterparts in Chicago, Denver or Boston.
Adams has shown his willingness to help President Trump crack down on immigrants. The openness that many Democrats and critics argued is tied to the Department of Justice's inappropriate “Quid Pro” to drop his corruption case.
He opened his remarks as he tried to walk the subtle lines.
“I am here today to testify to how New York City people seem to reduce crime, even as a sanctuary city,” Adams said in his opening statement.
