Although he granted the federal government’s request to drop the case, the judge harshly criticized its reasoning in seeking the dismissal.

A federal judge prevented further prosecution against the New York City mayor, ruling the court could not order the Justice Department to continue proceedings.

Criminal corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams were dismissed by a federal judge Wednesday after the Trump administration ordered the Department of Justice to drop the case.

Whatever you think of the Justice Department’s order for prosecutors to drop charges against Mayor Eric Adams, it clearly paves the way for a feisty mayoral race. New Yorkers should be grateful ...

The judge overseeing the corruption case against Eric Adams has dismissed the charges against the New York City mayor, and in a split with the Trump Justice Department, ordered that the charges cannot ...

The department wanted to drop the charges while retaining the right to refile them someday — an arrangement that could have given Trump powerful leverage over Adams.

A federal judge has dismissed the criminal case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams ... reject the DOJ request. The DOJ filed a highly controversial order to request the case against Adams be ...

Federal corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams were dismissed, as requested by Trump's Justice Department ...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams' historic federal corruption case has been dropped with prejudice, meaning Adams cannot be re-tried on the same charges at a later time.

A federal judge in Manhattan appears unlikely to rubber-stamp the Justice Department’s request to dismiss corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams ... prosecutor, Danielle Sassoon, ...