Adams World: Investigated

Mayor Eric Adams holds his weekly off-topic press conference at City Hall.

Eric Adams Has Made Zero Effort to Challenge His Campaign Matching Funds Denial

March 28, 2025, 2:48 p.m.March 30, 2025, 7:12 p.m.

The mayor claims he’s “fighting” to get $4 million in public dollars the city Campaign Finance Board declined to provide in light of his corruption indictment. But three months in, his campaign has yet to appeal.

Alvin Bragg

Manhattan DA Forges Ahead With Corruption Case Against Former Top Advisor to Mayor Adams

March 27, 2025, 6:16 p.m.March 27, 2025, 6:16 p.m.

Prosecutors revealed a grand jury is continuing to hear evidence against Ingrid Lewis-Martin and her indicted co-conspirators, including records related to the city’s former Buildings Commissioner.

Eric Adams

Prosecutors in Adams Case Disagreed Charges Had Political Motives, Internal Messages Show

March 25, 2025, 2:38 p.m.March 25, 2025, 3:22 p.m.

Judge Dale Ho ordered the emails and texts released after the Department of Justice surfaced snippets to bolster its claim Manhattan U.S. Attorney Damian Williams acted to further his ambitions.

Wollman Rink ice skaters enjoy a temperate late-winter day.

Parks

Trump Organization’s Criminal Record Clouds Its Bid to Reclaim Wollman Rink

March 20, 2025, 5:00 a.m.March 20, 2025, 7:37 a.m.

A board controlled by Mayor Eric Adams has ultimate say on the Central Park concession — and must find a “satisfactory record of business integrity” for whichever firm operates it next.

Weihong Hu leaves Brooklyn Federal Court after a hearing in her public corruption case.

Adams World: Investigated

Comptroller Urges Cancellation of $20M Contract Extension for Indicted Eric Adams Campaign Fundraiser

March 19, 2025, 6:00 a.m.March 19, 2025, 9:52 a.m.

Weihong Hu faces federal charges tied to alleged bribery at her Queens hotel housing formerly incarcerated people — and has surrounded herself with close allies of the mayor.

Adams World: Investigated

Drop Eric Adams Charges, Outside Counsel Advises Corruption Case Judge

March 7, 2025, 5:54 p.m.March 8, 2025, 9:34 a.m.

Paul Clement urges Judge Dale Ho to drop charges against the mayor “with prejudice” — meaning that the case could not be brought again by the federal government

Adams World: Investigated

Your Guide to the Trump-Adams Deal That Pushed 7 Prosecutors to Resign

March 4, 2025, 6:12 p.m.March 4, 2025, 6:12 p.m.

The mayor’s attorney insists there was no quid pro quo, but the pending dismissal of his federal corruption charges has nevertheless stirred up a firestorm inside and outside of City Hall.

Tim Pearson attends NYPD commissioner Edward Caban's swearing-in ceremony outside the 40th Precinct in the South Bronx.

Adams World: Investigated

Taxpayers on Hook for $300K So Far in Adams Aide Misconduct Suits

Feb. 28, 2025, 3:02 p.m.March 3, 2025, 12:02 p.m.

Timothy Pearson is getting his defense paid for by the City of New York at the mayor’s insistence, even after an investigation found Pearson abused his authority.

Eric Adams and Weihong Hu at a June 2021 fundraiser for Adams' mayoral campaign at her hotel in Fresh Meadows, Queens, which was housing men discharged from city jails at the time.

Adams World: Investigated

Indicted Eric Adams Fundraiser in Possible Plea Discussions with Feds

Feb. 21, 2025, 12:40 p.m.Feb. 21, 2025, 12:40 p.m.

Hotel developer Weihong Hu could be an explosive witness against the embattled mayor.

Gov. Kathy Hochul holds a press conference at her Midtown office.

Albany

Hochul Aims to Increase Oversight Over Adams in Wake of Trump Deal

Feb. 20, 2025, 1:59 p.m.Feb. 20, 2025, 6:35 p.m.

The governor, who had been mulling using her power to oust the embattled mayor, cites “the will of the voters” to keep him in place — despite his pact to drop corruption charges.

Adams World: Investigated

Eric Adams Has Made Zero Effort to Challenge His Campaign Matching Funds Denial

Manhattan DA Forges Ahead With Corruption Case Against Former Top Advisor to Mayor Adams

Prosecutors in Adams Case Disagreed Charges Had Political Motives, Internal Messages Show

Trump Organization’s Criminal Record Clouds Its Bid to Reclaim Wollman Rink

Comptroller Urges Cancellation of $20M Contract Extension for Indicted Eric Adams Campaign Fundraiser

Drop Eric Adams Charges, Outside Counsel Advises Corruption Case Judge

Your Guide to the Trump-Adams Deal That Pushed 7 Prosecutors to Resign

Taxpayers on Hook for $300K So Far in Adams Aide Misconduct Suits

Indicted Eric Adams Fundraiser in Possible Plea Discussions with Feds

Hochul Aims to Increase Oversight Over Adams in Wake of Trump Deal

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