(Reuters) – New York City Mayor Eric Adams is ill and is limiting his public schedule this week as he has medical tests, his office said.
“Over the last few days, Mayor Adams hasn’t been feeling his best,” Fabien Levy, a City Hall spokesperson, said in a statement on Sunday evening.
Levy said the mayor had several doctors’ appointments and had scheduled routine medical tests. Levy gave no further details about the mayor’s illness.
Adams’ public schedule for Monday, circulated soon after Levy’s statement, listed only an 8 a.m. EST (1300 GMT) meeting with senior administration officials. He also released a statement touting a record high number of private-sector jobs in New York City.
Besides running the most populous city in the nation, Adams is preparing for a criminal trial in April on federal charges of corruption, which comes alongside his reelection campaign for a second term. Adams says he has not broken the law and did nothing wrong.
His office said Adams remained in charge through his illness, although it promised to let New Yorkers know if he ended up delegating his duties.
(Reporting by Jonathan Allen in New York; Editing by Rod Nickel)
