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

As the New York City mayor’s race heats up, a judge is deciding whether to drop the federal corruption charges Mayor Eric Adams faces, as the Trump administration has requested.

The judge denied prosecutors the ability to potentially bring the criminal case back after the mayoral election.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams' federal corruption case was dropped Wednesday, as Judge Dale Ho ruled it should be dismissed with prejudice. That means the charges against the mayor cannot be ...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams' historic federal corruption case has been dropped with prejudice, meaning Adams cannot be ...

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 ...

On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Dale E. Ho dismissed corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams with prejudice. While the order ends Adams’ criminal problems for now — and gives the ...

“A court’s principal role in deciding a motion is to protect the rights of the defendant,” U.S. District Judge Dale Ho of the Southern District of New York wrote in the 78-page order ...

Dale Ho speaks to reporters after he argued before ... AP This holdup reeks of politics, or at least of a federal judge fearing political blowback for doing his job. Clement’s advice came ...

Judge Dale Ho dismissed the case with prejudice, meaning it cannot be revived. The Justice Department sought to have the case dismissed to free Adams to cooperate with the mayor's immigration agenda.

Mayoral hopefuls on Thursday must submit petitions with at least 3,750 signatures to appear on the June Democratic primary ballot, lawyers for Adams pointed out to Manhattan federal Judge Dale Ho ...