Another day, another departure.

Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday tried to downplay the suddenly accelerated departure schedule of Schools Chancellor David Banks.

What You Need To Know

  • Mayor Eric Adams continues to maintain confidence in his ability to run the city amid his federal indictment

  • Schools Chancellor David Banks became the latest top official to leave the administration

  • Banks was the second official to announce their departure in one week 

“Any more resignations we can expect? You know more than me. You know as they come, we will announce them. We’ve always said that. And we have to continue the success of the product that we have," he said.

Banks’ exit comes just as sources told NY1 that Gov. Kathy Hochul had told Adams he needed to clean up his administration amid his ongoing indictment. 

Adams has been trying to show that he can continue to lead the city amid growing calls to resign.

On Wednesday, federal prosecutors said the mayor could face additional criminal charges.

But not everyone wants to see Adams go. 

“As soon as you’re elected public advocate, when of the things you have to be prepared for is the eventuality that you become mayor? That means something went wrong. That is not something you want to see happen because you just want the city to move forward," Public Advocate Jumaane Williams said. 

Williams also said on Thursday that he spoke to the governor this week and the focus of the conversations has been about maintaining city services. 

He would become interim mayor if Adams were to be removed or resigns. 

“There are so many steps between here and there. I’m not sure the people of New York want to have that discussion. They want to focus on the day-to-day of what's happening and I think we're just taking this thing day to day as information comes,” Williams said.  

However, not everyone is willing to wait around. 

City Councilwoman Alexa Avilés, a progressive Democrat, said the continued resignations are very concerning. 

Avilés was one of the first local officials to call on Adams to resign. 

“The direction of agencies [is] led by their leadership and when we have leadership here today gone tomorrow, who knows when you're going to be here, things can bog down in the system,” Avilés said. “Definitely constituents are reaching out. I think a good number of people have had it with this kind of revolving door of who’s here and who's not.” 

Banks is the second top official to leave the administration this month after Tim Pearson, a senior aide to Adams, announced his last day will be Friday.