Mayor Eric Adams expressed a desire to have the power to override laws he disagrees with, particularly city sanctuary laws that limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities. He acknowledged that executive orders cannot supersede existing laws, revealing a frustration with laws such as the state’s cash bail reforms and changes to criminal liability age. Despite his administration cooperating with parts of President Trump’s immigration policies, he feels constrained by these sanctuary laws, which restrict interactions with ICE to only specific criminal cases.
"I wish my EOs can override laws. I'd override a whole lot of laws," Adams told reporters in the Bronx on July 22. But executive orders can't override laws."
Adams explained that while he does not have the power to override the city's sanctuary protections, he wishes his executive orders could trump all kinds of laws that he does not agree with.
Adams has cooperated with parts of President Trump's immigration crackdown but lamented the city's sanctuary laws limiting his administration's ability to work with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Under the laws, the city can only honor ICE transfer requests, known as detainers, if presented with a judicial warrant for someone convicted of one of roughly 170 serious violent crimes.
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