On the heels of the latest corruption allegations against his former top aides, Mayor Eric Adams on Friday said "hell no" to the notion of him "stepping down," while declining to explicitly condemn their actions.

Hizzoner, during an Aug. 22 City Hall press conference, made clear to New Yorkers that he is not resigning or suspending his long-shot reelection campaign in the wake of four newly unveiled indictments against his former chief adviser, Ingrid Lewis-Martin, brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.

"When you were calling around to my staff saying 'is the announcement today that Eric is stepping down?' Hell no," Adams said — a Democrat running for reelection as an independent. "I'm never going to quit on the city of New York, we worked too hard to get here."

While Adams

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