A New York judge on Friday said he would not immediately dismiss Eric Adams' corruption case, but ordered the Democratic New York City mayor's trial delayed indefinitely after the Justice Department asked him to dismiss charges.

A federal judge has vacated the upcoming trial date for New York City Mayor Eric Adams, but declined to immediately dismiss the charges all together in a case that has roiled the Justice Department.

The Manhattan federal judge presiding over Mayor Adams’ corruption case on Friday said he would appoint an independent attorney to argue against the Justice Department’s bid to dismiss the high

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Friday cancelled the corruption trial for New York City Mayor Eric Adams and appointed counsel to advise him on how to handle the Justice Department’s controversial request to drop charges against the Democrat.

U.S. District Judge Dale E. Ho wrote “there has been no adversarial testing” of the government’s push to abandon the prosecution of New York Mayor Eric Adams.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is in a state of legal and political purgatory. The first-term Democrat is waiting on a judge to rule on a Justice Department request to dismiss a federal indictment cha

Adams, facing corruption charges and possibly a gubernatorial ouster, planned a full day of standared mayoral actitives Thursday.