In an interview with 1010 WINS Wednesday, Mayor Eric Adams defended his decision to remove himself from implementing an executive order that will now bring ICE back onto Rikers Island.

“I did not recuse myself. People play around with terminology. I delegated. I’m the mayor,” he said. “I have a first deputy mayor on board, Randy Mastro, an excellent attorney, excellent first deputy mayor. When he came on board, I delegated.”

In a surprise move, it was Randy Mastro, the mayor’s new first deputy mayor who signed the order Tuesday night.

“I said I need for you to look at this with an unbiased eye so no one can say there is bias in the determination,” Adams said.

Since Trump’s Department of Justice moved to drop corruption charges against Adams, there have been allegations of a quid pro qu

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