NYC Mayor Eric Adams heading to Mexico with 2 weeks left in office

Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News on Dec 16, 2025

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NEW YORK — With just two weeks left in office, Mayor Eric Adams is heading to Mexico — his fourth international trip since October, the Daily News has learned.

Sources with direct knowledge said Adams — who’s actively trying to line up a post-City Hall job — is expected to depart for Mexico City on Tuesday evening. The sources did not immediately know how long he’ll be away for or if he has any other planned stops.

Since October, Adams has gone on trips to Albania, Israel and Uzbekistan. All of those trips were at least in part city taxpayer-funded and involved meetings with local government officials.

Adams has also since late last month been to New Orleans, Boston and Washington, D.C. for taxpayer-funded trips to, among other things, receive an award for battling antisemitism from a group that had already honored him during his visit to Israel.

The flurry of travel comes as Adams is planning his next career move. Sources close to the mayor have said he’s entertaining job offers with international components, including one opportunity related to an Israeli construction company.

It wasn’t immediately clear how Adams’ Mexico jaunt is being paid for or what the purpose is of his visit to the U.S. southern neighbor. Adams spokesman Fabien Levy declined to confirm the trip, but said in a text: “This is a 24/7 city and so the mayor is on call 24/7, wherever he may [be]. He is always in touch with staff and monitoring what is happening throughout the city.”

Adams’ recent travels have drawn criticism from those questioning the appropriateness of him taking this many city-funded trips on his way out the door.

“Up through his very last day as mayor, Eric Adams remains more focused on having a good time than getting stuff done to help working families,” Brooklyn Councilman Lincoln Restler, the chairman of the Council’s Government Operations Committee, said Tuesday.

Adams is leaving office Dec. 31 after a single term rocked by a number of corruption scandals, including his own federal indictment, which was tossed this past spring by President Donald Trump’s administration, which said it needed the mayor’s help enforcing the president’s immigration crackdown.

Adams’ indictment alleged, among other accusations, that he accepted comped luxury airline tickets as bribes from Turkish government operatives in exchange for political favors.

During a press briefing for select media outlets Monday, Adams said he’s eager to get back to traveling once he leaves office, according to a recording of the event obtained by The News.

His successor, Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, is set to be sworn in Jan. 1. Adams recently said he’s not sure whether he’ll attend Mamdani’s inauguration.

Adams has been to Mexico once before as mayor. In October 2023, he traveled to the country to try to discourage Central and South American migrants from coming to New York City, citing increasing financial strain on the city’s safety net systems.