NYC Mayor Adams’ Corruption Case Permanently Dismissed by Judge

A federal judge dismissed corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams but sharply criticized the Trump administration’s move to drop the case.

The decision — capping an extraordinary series of events that sowed discord within the US Justice Department — specifies that the case against Adams, the first sitting New York City mayor in modern history to be charged with federal crimes, can’t be refiled later. In his ruling Wednesday, US District Judge Dale Ho sternly rejected the government’s bid to leave that door open.