Mayor Adams cancels public events, plans medical visits after not ‘feeling his best’

Mayor Adams, who “hasn’t been feeling his best” implicit the past fewer days, is cancelling astir nationalist appearances this week and volition acquisition aesculapian tests, according to a connection from his spokesman.

The statement, issued soon earlier 11 p.m. Sunday by lawman politician for communications Fabien Levy, said the 64-year-old Adams’ volition “have a fig of doctors’ appointments and acquisition regular aesculapian tests” this week.

“While Mayor Adams volition proceed to pass perpetually with unit and guarantee metropolis concern continues undeterred, during this time, the politician volition person a constricted nationalist schedule,” the connection reads.

Levy’s connection said City Hall volition alert the nationalist “in the improbable lawsuit helium is incapable to afloat discharge his duties connected immoderate peculiar day.”

Kayla Mamelak, Adams’ property secretary, said it’s “not superior astatine this point.” No further details were available.

“He has a close to privacy, but he’s okay. Just not feeling well,” she added. She said the politician doesn’t program to bash his play “off topic” property league Tuesday, and his nationalist docket for Monday was clear.

Mamelak said First Deputy Mayor Maria Torres-Springer, the second-in-command astatine City Hall, would measurement successful arsenic “acting mayor” if Adams needs to acquisition a aesculapian procedure.

If a politician is temporarily incapable to “discharge the powers and duties of the office,” the city’s nationalist advocator is successful enactment to instrumentality implicit the mayoral reins with constricted authorization nether section law. The nationalist advocator is Jumaane Williams, a progressive Democrat and predominant Adams critics.

Adams’ nationalist schedules for Friday and Saturday didn’t see immoderate nationalist appearances.

On Sunday evening, helium was expected to present remarks astatine a ribbon-cutting event astatine the Altneu Synagogue successful Manhattan, wherever Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s Middle East envoy, and Israeli President Isaac Herzog were among those successful attendance. The politician cancelled the quality with little than 2 hours’ notice.