NY senator who served as Adams’ top lawyer is ‘hypocrite’ for calling on mayor to resign: sources

A state senator who was legal advisor to Mayor Adams when he allegedly accepted lavish trips and other gifts from Turkish nationals is a “hypocrite” for now demanding Hizzoner step down, sources close to the mayor told The Post.

Sen. Andrew Gounardes, (D-Brooklyn), worked as Adams’ general counsel and senior policy advisor from 2014 through 2019, when Adams was Brooklyn borough president.

Sen. Andrew Gounardes insisted “Mayor Adams must step down.” AP

Gounardes put out a statement Thursday — mere hours after the 57-page indictment for federal bribery and fraud charges was unsealed — insisting “Mayor Adams must step down.” 

“No mayor can serve the people of this great city well while facing federal prosecution,” he wrote. “The immense responsibility of governing this city demands an unrelenting focus free from distraction.”

Mayor Eric Adams arriving Friday at Manhattan federal court where he pleaded not guilty to corruption charges. PETER FOLEY/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

Sources close to Adams ripped Gounardes, saying as general counsel he should’ve advised Adams not to accept the trips and other perks if he felt there was appearance of impropriety.

“It’s the height of hypocrisy for his former counsel at Borough Hall, who was charged with ensuring his activity was legal, to then call on him to resign for that same activity now being questioned by the federal government,” an Adams source told The Post.

Sen. Gounardes’ statement calling for Adams to resign. X @Sen_Gounardes

Another source also called Gounardes a “hypocrite,” comparing his remarks to “walking on [Adams’] f-ing grave.”

“He was general counsel when he was taking all the trips in question. He signed off on them, and now he’s calling for his resignation,” said the source. “That really pisses me off.”

Manhattan US Attorney Damian Williams speaks at a press conference Thursday on the indictment of Mayor Eric Adams. AFP via Getty Images

Gounardes said he “won’t respond” to remarks by “unnamed sources.”

A source close to the senator insisted his Borough Hall duties “didn’t include scrutinizing Adams’ foreign trips” because that fell to Adams’ then-special counsel Ama Dwimoh.

Adams has repeatedly denied wrongdoing, vowed to fight the charges and has refused to resign.

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