By Katie Honan, The City | Editorial credit: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY

Adams begged Maria Torres-Springer, Anne Williams-Isom, Meera Joshi and Chauncey Parker to stay, but they announced their resignation following the mayor’s agreement to aid immigration enforcement in exchange for dropping his corruption prosecution.

Mayor Eric Adams begged some of his top deputies to stick around as they told him this weekend they wanted to resign amid the Trump Justice Department’s extraordinary move to toss his federal corruption case, sources told THE CITY.

The plea came during a Zoom call with First Deputy Mayor Maria Torres-Springer, Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Anne Williams-Isom, Deputy Mayor for Operations Meera Joshi and Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Chauncey Parker. All but Parker joined the administration at the 2022 start of Adams’ term.

The mayor, who has steadfastly said he will remain doing his job, urged the trio to stay at least through March, according to sources.

On Monday, Joshi sent a statement to friends and colleagues that the three will be stepping down.

“Serving as Deputy Mayors has been the greatest honor and privilege of our lives,” it read. “Due to the extraordinary events of the last few weeks and to stay faithful to the oaths we swore to New Yorkers and our families, we have come to the difficult decision to step down from our roles.”

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