<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2GpMPI_0vjw1Tnw00" style="display:none" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2GpMPI_0vjw1Tnw00" width="2000" height="1333" ><div style="position:relative;width:100%; height:0; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox" scrolling="no" src="https://nypost.com/nyp-video-player/embed/?placement&amp;playlisttagfilter&amp;playlisttype=recommendations&amp;wpplaylistexclude&amp;align&amp;media=JRtDbQLS&amp;width=100&amp;player=SPdDOYds&amp;platform=jw-player&amp;playlist=Toq2ZZoq&amp;aspectratio=16:9&amp;template_path&amp;context=newsbreak" style="width:100%; height:100%;top:0; left:0; position:absolute"></iframe></div> Eric Adams became the first sitting mayor <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/09/25/us-news/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-indicted-live-updates/" rel="nofollow"> in New York City history to be indicted </a> while in office but he’s not the first to have been probed over the last century – and two even resigned under scrutiny. Jimmy Walker, who was mayor until 1932, and William O’Dwyer, who held office until 1950, both stepped down during investigations into their administrations, though neither was ever charged. <nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> O’Dwyer was the last mayor to resign, though there was already growing pressure for Adams to vacate office before news of the indictment. <figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3bvbL0_0vjw1Tnw00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3bvbL0_0vjw1Tnw00" width="2000" height="1333" ><figcaption>Mayor Eric Adams is the first mayor in New York City history to be indicted while still in office. James Keivom </figcaption></figure><a href="https://nypost.com/2024/09/27/us-news/adams-lawyers-mounted-11th-hour-push-to-quash-historic-criminal-charges/" rel="nofollow"> Adams’ lawyers mounted 11th-hour push to quash historic criminal charges — including arguing prosecution would hurt city </a> O’Dwyer, the 100th Big Apple mayor, cruised to reelection following his first term in office, but was embroiled in controversy after then-Brooklyn District Attorney Miles McDonald opened a probe in Dec. 1949 into a bookmaker who was running a $20 million betting operation without law enforcement caring, the <a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/mayor-william-odwyer-new-york-city-mob-180973078/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Smithsonian Magazine wrote in 2019. </a><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> The investigation led to hundreds of cops retiring early, though 77 officers were indicted. Top officials in the NYPD also stepped down and a close confidante of O’Dwyer was also zeroed in on, the outlet reported. O’Dwyer quit the mayor’s office and was appointed US Ambassador to Mexico in the summer of 1950 by President Harry Truman as the scandal dragged on. <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/09/27/us-news/al-sharpton-defends-eric-adams-he-should-not-be-removed/" rel="nofollow"> Al Sharpton defends Eric Adams, warns against political double standard: ‘He should not be removed’ </a> While McDonald alleged O’Dwyer took a small cut of the protection money the bookie paid out through an intermediary, the former mayor denied any wrongdoing, the New York Times wrote in their obituary of the city leader. Jimmy Walker, a Tammany Hall pol, resigned in 1932 while under investigation, but was never charged. <nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0OEkOD_0vjw1Tnw00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0OEkOD_0vjw1Tnw00" width="1500" height="1000" ><figcaption>Two other NYC mayors, Jimmy Walker and William O’Dwyer, both stepped down from their administrations after facing probes. Christopher Sadowski </figcaption></figure> He left office as he struggled to explain large sums of money in his bank account. <a href="https://email.nypost.com/?newsletter=metro-daily&amp;c=2o38urciuhfiuw" rel="nofollow"> CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR METRO DAILY NEWSLETTER </a> Administrations of recent mayors, including David Dinkins, Rudy Giuliani, Michael Bloomberg and Bill de Blasio have faced some type of criminal investigation, but those typically ended with aides being slapped with charges. <nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> De Blasio was probed over fundraising practices by the US Attorney’s Office, but charges were never brought, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/16/politics/eric-adams-new-york-mayor-chief-counsel/index.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> CNN reported. </a> An assistant commissioner for the Department of Housing Preservation &amp; Development under Bloomberg was charged with taking $2.5 million in bribes in exchange for approving several projects part of an affordable housing effort, <a href="https://www.thecity.nyc/2023/11/14/mayors-new-york-city-investigated-eric-adams-history/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The City reported. </a> Bernard Kerik was accused of accepting subsidized work on his Bronx apartment in the late 1990s when he was correction commissioner, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/30/nyregion/30cnd-kerik.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> the New York Times reported. </a> He later pleaded guilty to a pair of misdemeanors. Giuliani was charged decades after leaving office over his effort to overturn the 2020 election. For the latest metro stories, top headlines, breaking news and more, visit <a href="https://nypost.com/metro/" rel="nofollow"> nypost.com/metro/ </a><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate></div></body>

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Eric Adams became the first sitting mayor in New York City history to be indicted while in office but he’s not the first to have been probed over the last century – and two even resigned under scrutiny.

Jimmy Walker, who was mayor until 1932, and William O’Dwyer, who held office until 1950, both stepped down during investigations into their administrations, though neither was ever charged.

O’Dwyer was the last mayor to resign, though there was already growing pressure for Adams to vacate office before news of the indictment.



O’Dwyer, the 100th Big Apple mayor, cruised to reelection following his first term in...