Democratic New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been criminally indicted on federal corruption charges, and he and some of the officials in his administration are reportedly still under investigation and could face future indictments.

The still-developing situation has already resulted in several of Adams' top associates resigning or being fired from his administration, including one of his longtime confidantes, with potentially more to come, according to the New York Post.

The scandal involving the prominent Democratic mayor of a major city has other Democrats in New York and beyond increasingly worried that the continuing fallout will negatively impact Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign and the Democratic Party's down-ballot efforts to retake control of Congress.

Top staffers forced out

The Post reported on Monday that two of Mayor Adams' top staffers in City Hall were "forced out" of their positions, including one who is allegedly about to be indicted and the other who is reportedly cooperating with federal investigators.

The first staffer is Winnie Greco, the director of Asian Affairs, who has advised Adams for years but resigned amid rumors she's about to be indicted for allegedly improper connections to foreign nationals, as well as for her alleged role in facilitating Adams' purported corruption and bribery.

The other staffer is Rana Abbasova, who was the director of protocol for the Office of International Affairs, who was fired Monday after she was initially placed on leave when her home was raided by federal agents last year. She, too, has been advising Adams for years and is said to be heavily involved in and cooperating with investigators about Adams' alleged improper perks received from Turkish nationals and officials in exchange for favors.

Resignations and re-election vows

The resignation and firing of Greco and Abbasova, respectively, come on the heels of the sudden resignations of several other top members of Mayor Adams' administration, including his commissioners of health and the police, the school chancellor, two deputy mayors, his chief counsel, and a few other high-ranking staffers, according to AMNY.

Rather incredibly, Adams insisted on Tuesday that none of those departures had anything to do with his criminal indictment or the threat of future indictments for his associates as multiple investigations into his administration continue. Instead, the mayor claimed that the several individuals were all either "out of gas" or pursuing other opportunities.

Perhaps even more remarkable, according to Patch, is that Adams himself has defiantly resisted the mounting calls from fellow Democrats for his own resignation, and he even went so far as to announce his bid for re-election while fending off the federal indictment over alleged bribery and the solicitation and receipt of illegal campaign contributions.

Yet, per Spectrum News, the surge of resignations can be fairly traced back to Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul -- who thus far has not exercised her consequential authority to remove the mayor from office -- and her reported order to Adams to "clean house" and get rid of his "problematic" aides and staffers if he wants to keep his job ... at least for now.

Mayor's scandal could harm electoral chances for other Democrats

According to USA Today, the worsening scandal involving Mayor Adams has sparked concerns and worry among some Democrats that it could have a negative impact with voters in terms of VP Harris' campaign and Democratic efforts to regain majority control of the House.

One reason why this hurts Harris is the widespread perception that Adams was indicted in retaliation for his critical comments about the Biden-Harris regime's lax border and immigration policies -- a particularly sticky issue for the ostensible "Border Czar" Harris as the whole thing reminds voters of her failures in that regard.

Also causing fear is the tendency of political scandals to turn off independent and swing voters from the party of the scandalous politician, in this case the Democrats, which are key voting blocs that Harris will need to win over to be victorious in November.

More locally, there is also growing panic among House Democrats about how the mayoral scandal is being perceived by voters in the suburbs and towns around New York City, where Democrats need to flip several red districts to blue to retake control of Congress -- a critical goal that is now at grave risk.