Mamdani Moves to End City’s Defense of Adams in Sexual Assault Lawsuit
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New York City has been paying for the lawyers representing former Mayor Eric Adams in a civil lawsuit concerning an alleged sexual assault in the 1990s.
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Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT Supported by SKIP ADVERTISEMENT Mamdani Moves to End City’s Defense of Adams in Sexual Assault Lawsuit New York City has been paying for the lawyers representing former Mayor Eric Adams in a civil lawsuit concerning an alleged sexual assault in the 1990s. Listen · 2:27 min Share full article By Dana Rubinstein and William K. Rashbaum March 17, 2026 Updated 1:07 p.m. ET Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s law department on Tuesday sought a judge’s approval to stop representing the former mayor, Eric Adams, in a sexual assault lawsuit brought against him in 2024. In a filing in State Supreme Court in Manhattan, New York City’s corporation counsel argued that Mr. Adams should not be represented by the city because, contrary to the law department’s earlier determination, he was not acting within the scope of his city employment when the alleged assault occurred. “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,” Steve Banks, Mr. Mamdani’s corporation counsel, said in a statement. “Accordingly, the Law Department has asked the court to permit our office to withdraw from representing the former Mayor.” The lawsuit was filed in March 2024 by Lorna Beach-Mathura , a former employee of the transit bureau of the New York Police Department, who accused Mr. Adams, a former officer, of sexually assaulting her in 1993 after she sought career advice. In the suit, Ms. Beach-Mathura said that Mr. Adams drove her to a vacant lot and sought oral sex from her. “When she refused, Defendant Adams forcibly pushed Plaintiff’s hand onto his erect penis, and then, after she removed her hand, masturbated himself to completion and ejaculated on her,” the suit read. A spokesman for Mr. Adams had no immediate comment. He has emphatically denied the sexual assault accusations in the past. The city’s action on Tuesday is the latest indication that Mr....
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