Mayor Eric Adams is reassuring the city's immigrant community that New York is a sanctuary city, and local law enforcement cannot cooperate with deportation efforts.

Mayor Eric Adams said the Democratic Party has abandoned him – and everyday New Yorkers. “People often say, ‘Well, you know, you don’t sound like a Democrat and you seem to have left the party,’” Adams told host Tucker Carlson during an interview due to air Tuesday night. “No. The party left me and left working-class people.”

The New York City mayor canceled plans to honor Dr. Martin Luther King to attend the inauguration of Donald J. Trump, who has said he is considering pardoning Mr. Adams in his federal corruption case.

"My life is the life that Dr. King was talking about when he says, he had a dream, I'm living that dream ...," Mayor Erica Adams said on Tuesday.

Mayor Eric Adams declined to take a clear stance on whether immigration arrests should be allowed at sensitive locations including schools.

New York Mayor Eric Adams faced criticism after he cancelled MLK Day appearances to go to Donald Trump’s inauguration.

Can you imagine [Bloomberg, Giuliani or Koch] driving… in the middle of the night to attend an inauguration, and being relegated [to overflow]?”

Eric Adams is attending President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday, his spokesman confirmed on social media. Adams, who could be in line for a pardon from Trump, was indicted last year on a variety of counts,

NEW YORK -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams will be among the guests at President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration Monday in Washington, D.C. The announcement came after Adams abruptly canceled his morning appearances, including his remarks at the 39th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. tribute at Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) .

Adams acknowledged he is determined to reassure the city's migrant community, while making no apology for his reluctance to publicly criticize Trump.

As Mayor Eric Adams engages openly with President Trump and prepares for a crowded reelection race, questions arise about his strategy and its reception among NYC voters. Kean University Provost David Birdsell joins FOX 5 to discuss Adams’ outreach to the federal government,