A judge on Wednesday dismissed federal corruption charges against Eric Adams, ending the first criminal case against a New York City mayor in modern history and underscoring how President Trump’s Justice Department is using prosecutorial power to advance his agenda. In his ruling, the judge, Dale E. Ho of Federal District Court in Manhattan, refused … Read more
Adrienne Adams, the first Black leader of the New York City Council, said on Wednesday that she would join the already crowded race for mayor with less than four months before the June primary. She is hoping to position herself as a principled and scandal-free alternative to the incumbent, Eric Adams, and the race’s presumptive … Read more
The speech by Mayor Eric Adams of New York City, in the closing week of Black History Month, seemed to be hitting all the right historical notes. He outlined the lineage tying together Nat Turner, Marcus Garvey, Rosa Parks and Barack Obama and connected the dots between David Dinkins, the city’s first Black mayor, and … Read more
The Roosevelt Hotel, nicknamed “the new Ellis Island” for its role as an arrival center during New York City’s migrant crisis, will shelter its last immigrant by June, Mayor Eric Adams announced on Monday, as officials dismantle the emergency shelter system they established nearly three years ago. The century-old hotel in the heart of Midtown … Read more
Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York plans to announce on Thursday that she will not exercise her authority to remove Mayor Eric Adams from office at this time, but will seek to impose strict new guardrails on his administration of New York City, according to two officials familiar with her thinking. Ms. Hochul’s actions could … Read more
On the 39th floor of a Midtown Manhattan high-rise, Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday presided over a series of meetings to discuss one of the most consequential decisions of her tenure: whether to remove Mayor Eric Adams from office. She solicited opinions from Brad Lander, the city comptroller, and Adrienne Adams, the City Council speaker. … Read more
Federal judges have almost no ability under the law to refuse a government request to drop criminal charges. The corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams of New York may be the exception. On Thursday, Manhattan’s top federal prosecutor, Danielle R. Sassoon, resigned rather than obey an order to seek dismissal of the charges against the … Read more
When the Justice Department ordered federal prosecutors on Monday to drop the corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams of New York City, he hoped that it would save his political career and allow him to better focus on governing the nation’s largest city. Instead, the mayor is in even more peril, his political future is … Read more
Manhattan’s acting U.S. attorney resigned on Thursday after the Justice Department ordered her to drop the corruption case against New York City’s mayor, Eric Adams, according to three people with knowledge of the matter. The resignation of the U.S. attorney, Danielle R. Sassoon, came amid questions about the independence of federal prosecutors under President Trump … Read more
Ethan Adams died from a rare and aggressive cancer a week after his ninth birthday. Source link