New York City First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright is resigning, continuing a wave of departures from indicted Mayor Eric Adams' administration.Adams confirmed Wright's resignation Tuesday afternoon. Reports first started to surface that she was stepping down on Friday.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has appointed a new first deputy mayor after Sheena Wright resigned from her position on Tuesday. Maria Torres-Springer, the deputy mayor of housing, economic development and workforce,

Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright, wife of ex-New York City Public Schools Chancellor David Banks, who also resigned amid the investigation, did not disclose the reason for her resignation. However, last month, federal officials searched her house and confiscated her electronics.