The Democratic governor said she would propose new guardrails for “establishing trust” for city residents amid the mayor’s growing political crisis.

Experts say it’s far from clear how would play out. The closest it’s come to happening was nearly a century ago when Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt launched a trial against Mayor Jimmy Walker, who subsequently resigned and moved to Europe to avoid criminal prosecution.

The judge, taking a deliberative tone, told the court that he would "consider everything appropriate and not consider anything inappropriate."