The New York governor would catch hell from Donald Trump by pursuing the mayor’s ouster. But it might be good politics. “If I were Kathy,” one operative says, “I would announce this week that I plan to take action.

Adams’s political boss—New York Governor Kathy Hochul—signalled that the mayor’s time in Gracie Mansion may be coming to an end following the joint resignation of four top officials in Adams’s administration: First Deputy Mayor Maria Torres-Springer, and Deputy Mayors Meera Joshi, Anne Williams-Isom, and Chauncey Parker.